hyporeflexive

English

Etymology

From hypo- +‎ reflexive.

Adjective

hyporeflexive (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Involving underreaction in a reflex response.
   • 1985, Anne Marie Dazé, John W. Scanlon, Neonatal Nursing: A Practical Guide, page 94:

     Sleeping infants are usually flaccid and hyporeflexive.

   • 2005, Steve M. Reece, Focus on Glaucoma Research, →ISBN, page 204:

     Nevertheless, these two cases did have subconjunctival filtration (according to the UBM examinations, visible as a hyporeflexive subconjunctival layer) (Fig.2).

   • 2008, Sharon A. Gutman, Quick Reference Neuroscience for Rehabilitation Professionals, →ISBN:

     In a LMN injury, deep tendon reflexes become hyporeflexive—because the reflex arc is lost.

2. (mathematics) Pertaining to an algebra W such that W = W′ ∩ Alg LatW.
   • 2016, Kamila Piwowarczyk, Marek Ptak, “${\displaystyle 2}$--hyperreflexivity and hyporeflexivity of power partial isometries”, in arXiv‎:

     In the present paper it will be shown that power partial isometries are always hyporeflexive and ${\displaystyle 2}$--hyperreflexive.

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