Reflex in Malayalam
പ്രതിസ്പന്ദനം (prathispandanam) is the textbook word for a reflex, an involuntary response of the body. It joins the prefix for counter to the noun for a throb or pulse, so it reads as a reaction that happens on its own. Six beats, read steadily.
Most common translation
പ്രതിസ്പന്ദനം (prathispandanam)
Reflex, involuntary action.
ഡോക്ടർ കാലിന്റെ പ്രതിസ്പന്ദനം പരിശോധിച്ചു.
doctor kaalinte prathispandanam parishodhichu.
The doctor tested the reflex of the leg.
Dictionary entry
- പ്രതിസ്പന്ദനം (prathispandanam) — Reflex, involuntary action.
Outside biology lessons Malayalis usually just say the English word reflex, so this entry is the written term rather than the spoken one.
Common questions
How do you say reflex in Malayalam?
പ്രതിസ്പന്ദനം (prathispandanam), the term used in physiology.
Is it used for reflexes in the everyday sense of quick reactions?
Not often. A goalkeeper's reflexes would be described with the English word or with talk of speed.