AUTONOMIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does autonomic mean? 

• AUTONOMIC (adjective)
  The adjective AUTONOMIC has 1 sense:

1. relating to or controlled by the autonomic nervous system

  Familiarity information: AUTONOMIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AUTONOMIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or controlled by the autonomic nervous system

Context example:

autonomic reflexes

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 

This includes disorders of the brain, spinal cord, cranial nerves, peripheral nerves, nerve roots, autonomic nervous system, neuromuscular junction, and muscle.

(Nervous System Disorder, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A domain for physiological findings related to the nervous system, including the brain, spinal cord, the cranial and spinal nerves, autonomic ganglia and plexuses.

(Nervous System Findings Domain, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Traumatic injuries to the brain, cranial nerves, spinal cord, autonomic nervous system, or neuromuscular system, including iatrogenic injuries induced by surgical procedures.

(Nervous System Injury, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Clinical features generally include weakness, sensory loss, localized pain, incontinence, and other signs of autonomic dysfunction.

(Myelitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A rare neurodegenerative disorder characterized by loss of autonomic nervous system functions and disturbances of motor, balance and muscle coordination.

(Multiple System Atrophy, NCI Thesaurus)

It covers a spectrum of benign to malignant mesenchymal neoplasms and includes most gastric smooth muscle tumors, leiomyoblastomas, and tumors formerly called gastrointestinal autonomic nerve tumors.

(Gastric Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A hereditary disorder that affects the sensory and/or motor nerves or the autonomic nerves.

(Inherited Neuropathy, NCI Thesaurus)

It is associated with the development of gastrointestinal stromal tumor and gastrointestinal autonomic nerve tumor.

(KIT Gene Mutation, NCI Thesaurus)

Benign and malignant neoplastic processes arising from or involving components of the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems, cranial nerves, and meninges.

(Nervous System Neoplasm, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Any component of the entire nerve apparatus, including the brain, spinal cord, spinal nerves, autonomic ganglia, and plexuses.

(Nervous System Part, NCI Thesaurus)