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exaggerated startle response

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(thing) by Deborah909 (4.7 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Thu Mar 23 2000 at 16:18:02

A clinical term for a characteristic of persons with post-traumatic stress.

When someone jumps three feet when tapped on the shoulder, that is an exaggerated startle response.

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