Usually means: Regulates involuntary bodily functions automatically.
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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. autonomic nervous systems: Merriam-Webster
  2. autonomic nervous systems: Collins English Dictionary
  3. autonomic nervous systems: Vocabulary.com
  4. autonomic nervous systems: Wiktionary
  5. autonomic nervous systems: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. autonomic nervous systems: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. autonomic nervous systems: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. autonomic nervous systems: Medical dictionary

(Note: See autonomic_nervous_system as well.)


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.
▸ Also see autonomic_nervous_system


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