Automatism

Other forms: automatisms

Definitions of automatism

noun
any reaction that occurs automatically without conscious thought or reflection (especially the undirected behavior seen in psychomotor epilepsy)

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reaction, response
a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent

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