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autonomic, a. and n.|ɔːtəʊˈnɒmɪk|
[f. autonomy: see -ic.]
A. adj.
a. Of, pertaining to, or possessing, autonomy; self-governing, independent.
1832Austin Jurispr. I. v. 185 Laws autonomic or autonomical are laws made by subjects as private persons in pursuance of legal rights. 1854Hickok Sci. Mind 207 Reason is thus ever autonomic; carrying its own law within itself.
b. Physiol. Functioning independently of the will; autonomic nervous system (see quots. 1898).
1898J. N. Langley in Jrnl. Physiol. XXIII. 241 The ‘autonomic’ nervous system means the nervous system of the glands and of the involuntary muscle. Ibid. 270, I propose the term ‘autonomic nervous sytem’ for the sympathetic system and the allied nervous system of the cranial and sacral nerves, and for the local nervous system of the gut. 1940R. S. Woodworth Psychol. (ed. 12) xii. 419 The autonomic nerves. These are the nerves that run to the heart, blood vessels, lungs, stomach, intestines, and other viscera... These nerves are composed of extra-slender nerve fibres, which grow out from cells in the brain stem and cord. 1966Lancet 24 Dec. 1415/1 Individuals can gain cortical control over various autonomic nervous symptoms.
B. n. Physiol. A part of the autonomic nervous system.
1929F. H. Garrison Hist. Med. (ed. 4) xiii. 696 Adrenalin, the hormone governing the sympathetic autonomic. Ibid., The two opposing autonomics of the sympathetic system control the ductless glands and the visceral organs made up of smooth (involuntary) muscle. |