ergoreflex
nounEtymology From ergo- + reflex.
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Medicine, Physiology, Sciences The 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: