rectal reflex
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| Noun | 1. | rectal reflex - normal response to the presence of feces in the rectum inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex - an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus |