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caustic(dictionary)
Caustic(medicine)
Caustic(health)
caustic(dictionary)
lunar caustic(medicine)
caustic potash(medicine)
caustic soda(medicine)
caustic soda(encyclopedia)
caustic alkali(medicine)

inverted reflex (medicine) and caustic (oh)


inverted reflex (medicine)


inverted reflex -->
paradoxical reflex


Any reflex in which the usual response is reversed or does not conform to the pattern characteristic of the particular reflex.

Synonym: inverted reflex.


caustic (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: causticus, from Greek, from kaiein 'to burn']
a caustic substance can burn through things by chemical action
::caustic soda (=a chemical used for cleaning things)
a caustic remark criticizes someone in a way that is unkind but often cleverly humorous
caustic wit/comments/remark etc
::Eliot appreciated Pound's caustic wit.
-- caustically /-kli/ adv
::'I can hardly wait,' Sir Trevor replied caustically.