instinct

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Introduction

A tendency, disposition or impulse of an individual to act in an organized & biologically adaptive manner characteristic of its species. Instinct includes the impulse to perform some purposeful action without immediate consciousness of the consequence(s) of that action. Instinct(s) generally confer a survival advantage.

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References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999