ergoreflex

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noun

The response, characterised by increase in ventilation, to increased exercise.

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Meanings

nounergoreflex (plural ergoreflexes)

plural ergoreflexes

  1. medicineThe response, characterised by increase in ventilation, to increased exercise.

    As exercise proceeds, the working muscle signals to the brain, and generates a ventilatory response. In patients with heart failure, this 'ergoreflex' is much greater than normal.

    2005, Margaret Turner-Warwick, Living Medicine: Recollections and Reflections

Origin

From ergo- + reflex.

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ergoreflex. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ergoreflex

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“ergoreflex.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ergoreflex. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ergoreflex,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ergoreflex.

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