Associations to the word «Autonomic»

Wiktionary

AUTONOMIC, adjective. Acting or occurring involuntarily, without conscious control.
AUTONOMIC, adjective. Pertaining to the autonomic nervous system.
AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM, noun. (neuroanatomy) In humans and other vertebrates, the part of the nervous system that regulates the involuntary activity of the heart, intestines and glands. These activities include digestion, respiration, perspiration, metabolism, and the modulation of blood pressure.

Dictionary definition

AUTONOMIC, adjective. Relating to or controlled by the autonomic nervous system; "autonomic reflexes".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope