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AUTONOMIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or controlled by the autonomic nervous system
Example:
autonomic reflexes
Classified under:
Similar:
involuntary (controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control)
Domain category:
physiology (the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms)
Context examples:
A usually small autonomic ganglion of the parasympathetic nervous system.
(Parasympathetic Ganglion, NCI Thesaurus)
The craniosacral division of the autonomic nervous system.
(Parasympathetic nervous system, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
The neuropathy may be sensory, motor, mixed or autonomic.
(Paraneoplastic Polyneuropathy, NCI Thesaurus)
Specific psychological phenomenon characterized by sudden onset of anxiety (often unrelated to objective events), accompanied by autonomic symptoms such as tachycardia, paresthesia, flushing, and sweating.
(Panic Disorder, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)
It is characterized by fever, muscular cramps and rigidity, autonomic nervous system dysfunction, and changes in the mental status that may lead to coma.
(Neuroleptic malignant syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
Mutation of the gene is associated with hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type 5.
(NGF wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
It is an autonomic nervous system disorder and the symptoms are relieved once the person sits back down.
(Orthostatic Intolerance, NCI Thesaurus)
Peripheral, autonomic, and cranial nerve disorders that are associated with DIABETES MELLITUS.
(Diabetic Neuropathy, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A series of autonomic nerves around the internal carotid artery.
(Internal Carotid Nerve Plexus, NCI Thesaurus)
One part of the autonomic nervous system helps the body rest, relax, and digest food and another part helps a person fight or take flight in an emergency.
(Autonomic nervous system, NCI Dictionary)
