autonomic
adjective
au·to·nom·ic
ˌȯ-tə-ˈnä-mik 
1
: acting or occurring involuntarily
autonomic reflexes
2
: relating to, affecting, or controlled by the autonomic nervous system or its effects or activity
autonomic drugs
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Your central autonomic network activates, increasing heart rate and breathing.
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Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 2 July 2025
The insula plays a key role in sensory, motor and autonomic function and is involved in emotional processing, self-awareness and understanding social context.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
In the last stage, autonomic failure sets in—heart rate, blood pressure, and breathing become unregulated.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 5 May 2025
The results showed that their autonomic signals became idiosyncratically synchronized, and this synchronization correlated with the alignment of their emotional states.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 1 Feb. 2025
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Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 2 July 2025
The insula plays a key role in sensory, motor and autonomic function and is involved in emotional processing, self-awareness and understanding social context.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
In the last stage, autonomic failure sets in—heart rate, blood pressure, and breathing become unregulated.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 5 May 2025
The results showed that their autonomic signals became idiosyncratically synchronized, and this synchronization correlated with the alignment of their emotional states.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 1 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for autonomic
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autonomic
adjective
au·to·nom·ic
ˌȯt-ə-ˈnäm-ik
: of, relating to, controlled by, or being part of the autonomic nervous system
Medical Definition
autonomic
adjective
au·to·nom·ic
ˌȯt-ə-ˈnäm-ik
1
a
: acting or occurring involuntarily
autonomic reflexes
b
: relating to, affecting, or controlled by the autonomic nervous system
autonomic ganglia
autonomic dysfunction
2
: having an effect upon tissue supplied by the autonomic nervous system
autonomic drugs
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