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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King