English > response: 7 senses > noun 2, act| Meaning | A bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent. |
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| Example | "his responses have slowed with age" |
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| Synonym | reaction |
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| Narrower | answer | A nonverbal reaction |
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| automatism | Any reaction that occurs automatically without conscious thought or reflection (especially the undirected behavior seen in psychomotor epilepsy) |
| double take | A delayed reaction indicating surprise |
| galvanic skin response, GSR, psychogalvanic response, electrodermal response, electrical skin response, Fere phenomenon, Tarchanoff phenomenon | A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety |
| immune response, immune reaction, immunologic response | A bodily / bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen |
| kinesis | A movement that is a response to a stimulus but is not oriented with respect to the source of stimulation |
| learned reaction, learned response | A reaction that has been acquired by learning |
| overreaction | An excessive reaction |
| passage, passing | A bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another |
| rebound | A reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration |
| reflex, reflex response, reflex action, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction | An automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus |
| taxis | A locomotor response toward or away from an external stimulus by a motile (and usually simple) organism |
| transfusion reaction | reaction of the body to a transfusion of blood that is not compatible with its own blood |
| tropism | An involuntary orienting response |
| Broader | bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity | An organic process that takes place in the body |
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| Spanish | reacción, respuesta |
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| Catalan | reacció, resposta |
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