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Give Technical Term: Response to a Stimulus Without the Intervention of the Will of an Animal. - Biology

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Give Technical Term:
Response to a stimulus without the intervention of the will of an animal.

One Word/Term Answer

Solution

Reflex action

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Chapter 8: The Nervous System and Sense Organs - Give Technical Terms

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ICSE Biology [English] Class 10
Chapter 8 The Nervous System and Sense Organs
Give Technical Terms | Q 8

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