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Autonomic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Physiology Of, relating to, or controlled by the autonomic nervous system.

adj. Physiology Occurring involuntarily; automatic: an autonomic reflex.

adj. Resulting from internal stimuli; spontaneous.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Acting or occurring involuntarily, without conscious control.

adj. Pertaining to the autonomic nervous system.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Having the power of self-government; autonomous.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Relating to autonomy; having the power of self-government; autonomous; self-governing; independent.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. relating to or controlled by the autonomic nervous system

Word Usage

"You know it ` s easy to blame the mother and father and to try to draw a direct link, but researchers showing that if someone has anti-social or sociopathic personality, that sometimes they have what we call autonomic under arousal, meaning they don ` t have as much anxiety as you and I do about getting into trouble."

Equivalent

involuntary

Form

autonomically autonomic nervous system

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

autonomous

Rhyme

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