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- noun medicine Lack of
neuromuscular reflexes . A symptom associated with manyneurological disorders .
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- noun absence of a reflex; a sign of possible nerve damage
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Examples
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On urodynamic study, detrusor hyperreflexia (DH) with high-pressure voiding was present in six, detrusor areflexia (DA) in four, normal study in one and increased PVR urine in the remaining patients.
Naturejobs - All Jobs J Kalita 2010
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For GBS, each patient demonstrated a progressive, symmetric ascending paralysis with a relative sensory sparing in more than one extremity with hypo - or areflexia
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Thomas F. Wierzba et al. 2008
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[2], [3] and absence of neurological reflexes such as the knee jerk reaction (areflexia) [4] - [6].
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