gag reflex

Soon it overwhelmed them, triggering their gag reflexes.

If anything, it engages our gag reflexes.

Reflexes, such as the cough and gag reflexes, are also means of judging LOC.

He drew blood deftly and completed swab samplings well before muscles tightened and gag reflexes kicked in.

Patients can also exhibit reduced gag reflexes, weak palatal movements, fasciculations, and weak movement of the facial muscles and tongue.

The physical management of palatopharyngeal incompetence by way of a palatal lift prosthesis might not be well tolerated by patients with strong gag reflexes.

In an interview, Ms. Ray conceded some of the criticisms that trigger her harshest detractors' gag reflexes - that she is a clumsy cook, smiles too much and has less than demure hands.

Competitors must fight their gag reflexes and their stomach's natural reaction to such a large amount of food being dumped into it very quickly (what the IFOCE refers to as "urges contrary to swallowing").

He has recycled this sensibility so often, and with such scant variation, that what once prompted shocked gag reflexes quickly progressed to leaving only a bitter aftertaste, which has grown milder and milder with each successive work.