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 patellar reflex 名詞
 膝反射

 Re·flex n.
 1. Reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.
 Yon gray is not the morning's eye,
 'Tis but the pale reflex of Cynthia's brow.   --Shak.
 On the depths of death there swims
 The reflex of a human face.   --Tennyson.
 2. Physiol. An involuntary movement produced by reflex action.
 Patellar reflex. See Knee jerk, under Knee.

 patellar reflex
      n : a reflex extension of the leg resulting from a sharp tap on
          the patellar tendon [syn: knee jerk, knee-jerk reflex]