Search Result for "startle response":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a complicated involuntary reaction to a sudden unexpected stimulus (especially a loud noise); involves flexion of most skeletal muscles and a variety of visceral reactions;
[syn: startle response, startle reaction]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

startle response
    n 1: a complicated involuntary reaction to a sudden unexpected
         stimulus (especially a loud noise); involves flexion of
         most skeletal muscles and a variety of visceral reactions
         [syn: startle response, startle reaction]