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visual orbicularis reflex(medicine)
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visual orbicularis reflex (medicine) and bordetella pertussis (medicine)


visual orbicularis reflex (medicine)


visual orbicularis reflex
Contraction of the orbicularis oculi muscle caused by a sudden visual stimulus.

See: wink reflex.


bordetella pertussis (medicine)


Bordetella pertussis
<bacteria> A small, aerobic, gram-negative bacillus, causative organism of whooping cough.

Produces a variety of toxins including a dermonecrotising toxin, an adenyl cyclase, an endotoxin and pertussis toxin, as well as surface components such as fimbrial haemagglutinin.