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61counter a threat — respond to a threat with a threat of one s own …
62take up the glove — respond to a challenge for a duel …
63answer back — respond impudently. → answer …
64come back — respond, especially vigorously. → come …
65react against — respond with hostility or a contrary course of action to. → react …
66rise to — respond well to (a challenging situation). → rise …
67responder — respond ► VERB ▪ say or do something in reply or as a reaction. DERIVATIVES responder noun. ORIGIN Latin respondere answer, offer in return …
68answer someone back — RESPOND CHEEKILY TO, be cheeky to, be impertinent to, talk back to, cheek; N. Amer. informal sass. → answer …
69chemoreception — chemoreceptive /kee moh ri sep tiv, kem oh /, adj. /kee moh ri sep sheuhn, kem oh /, n. the physiological response to chemical stimuli. [1915 20; CHEMO + RECEPTION] * * * Sensory process by which organisms respond to external chemical stimuli, by …
70nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… …