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salivary reflex

a change in the secretion of the salivary glands caused by unconditioned or conditioned stimulation of their effector nerves. See conditioned response; unconditioned response.

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cacoethes

cacoethes

n. an irresistible, and sometimes irrational, desire or compulsion.