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hyporeflexive en · ADJ

Etymology

From hypo- + reflexive.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Involving underreaction in a reflex response.
    • Sleeping infants are usually flaccid and hyporeflexive. 1985, Anne Marie Dazé, John W. Scanlon, Neonatal Nursing: A Practical Guide, page 94:
    • Nevertheless, these two cases did have subconjunctival filtration (according to the UBM examinations, visible as a hyporeflexive subconjunctival layer) (Fig.2). 2005, Steve M. Reece, Focus on Glaucoma Research, →ISBN, page 204:
    • In a LMN injury, deep tendon reflexes become hyporeflexive—because the reflex arc is lost. 2008, Sharon A. Gutman, Quick Reference Neuroscience for Rehabilitation Professionals, →ISBN:
  2. (not-comparable) Pertaining to an algebra W such that W = W′ ∩ Alg LatW.
    • In the present paper it will be shown that power partial isometries are always hyporeflexive and 2--hyperreflexive. 2016, Kamila Piwowarczyk, Marek Ptak, “2--hyperreflexivity and hyporeflexivity of power partial isometries”, in arXiv:

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