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Rooting Reflex

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reflex consisting of head-turning and sucking movements elicited in a normal infant by gently stroking the side of the mouth or cheek

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Rooting Reflexes
possessive
Rooting Reflex's
pluralpossessive
Rooting Reflexes'

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reflex consisting of head-turning and sucking movements elicited in a normal infant by gently stroking the side of the mouth or cheek

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