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hyperreflexia
Definitions related to hyperreflexia:
  • Autonomic nervous system overreaction to stimuli, most commonly after spinal cord injury at a T-5 level and above.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Hyperreflexia is the presence of hyperactive stretch reflexes of the muscles.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2025
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