Definition of Head's paradoxical reflex in English:
Head's paradoxical reflex
(also Head's reflex)
noun
Medicine
The action of responding to artificial inflation of the lungs by breathing in abruptly, where the expected response would be the inhibition of inhalation.
Origin
1960s.
Definition of Head's paradoxical reflex in US English:
Head's paradoxical reflex
(also Head's reflex)
noun
Medicine
The action of responding to artificial inflation of the lungs by breathing in abruptly, where the expected response would be the inhibition of inhalation.