Definition of involuntary in English:

involuntary

adjective ɪnˈvɒlənt(ə)riɪnˈvɑlənˌtɛri

1Done without will or conscious control.
she gave an involuntary shudder
Example sentencesExamples
- An involuntary shudder racked her body, but she stood rigid, trying to appear as if she lacked the fear that she felt in her heart.
- You may find him strident, irritating or humourless, but fact of the matter is the involuntary shudder running up your back after that line is real enough.
- Most seizures are accompanied by an altered state of consciousness and sometimes by involuntary movements.
- Thus I utter an involuntary shudder at every routinely odd noise that the computer makes.
- She felt herself give an involuntary shudder and scolded her girlish urges.
- The commission will also be able to arrange for an independent review by a Mental Health Tribunal of all decisions to detain patients on an involuntary basis and each decision to extend the duration of such detentions.
- ‘I think I'll be able to handle it,’ she said, but the involuntary shudder she did indicated she wasn't so positive about it.
- An involuntary shudder coursed through the frightened cheetah as he drew himself into a tight ball.
- Last season's cup final experience with Dunfermline still prompts an involuntary smile.
- I went off into a day punctuated by involuntary shudders of revulsion as the sensations were recalled.
- There would be evidence that the killing happened when he was asleep or in ‘a confusional arousal state’ which could make the acts involuntary and give Lowe a defence of automatism.
- The complexity of some symptoms often confuses family members, friends, teachers, and employers who may find it hard to believe that the actions or vocal utterances are involuntary.
- His consumptive, rail thin appearance prompts a collective involuntary gasp, not just because he looks as though his legs might buckle at any second but because the resemblance to his legendary grandfather is almost eerie.
- I must admit to an involuntary shudder of pride tingling down my spine when I heard her say those words.
- Theirs can be described as involuntary migration; they ended up in various places where they continue working on films that contribute to the big project of diasporic Balkan cinema.
- Huge sobs shuddered throughout her body, causing involuntary convulsions to tremble in her heart.
- And we must end the stop-loss and involuntary recall of troops that amounts to nothing more than a back-door draft.
- I felt an involuntary shudder shake my body at the feel of his hot breath against the sensitive hollow of my neck.
- I gave an involuntary shudder at the thought of what had happened last night, and I felt Adam's steadying hand on my back as we walked out into the hallway.
- Air Traffic Control can get very shirty about some of my involuntary aerial antics I can tell you.
Synonyms
reflex, reflexive, automatic, knee-jerk, mechanical, unconditioned
spontaneous, instinctive, instinctual, impulsive, unconscious, unthinking
unintentional, unintended, unplanned, inadvertent, uncontrolled, uncontrollable
1. 1.1 (especially of muscles or nerves) concerned in bodily processes that are not under the control of the will.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The involuntary muscles are controlled by structures deep within the brain and the upper part of the spinal cord called the brain stem.
  He wrote the movement off as an involuntary muscle spasm.
  The immediate cause of vaginismus is involuntary spasm of the muscles around the lower one third of the vagina.
  The contractile activity of involuntary muscle is normally regulated by the autonomic (sympathetic and parasympathetic) nervous system.
  Overexposure can lead to symptoms of dizziness, respiratory problems, involuntary muscle twitching and even paralysis.
  Birds that contract avian botulism lose involuntary muscle control, including eyelid function, have clenched feet, and can't hold up their heads.
  The muscles of the heart and some other involuntary muscles are also affected in some forms of MD, and a few forms involve other organs, as well.
  Muscle cramping is a painful, involuntary muscle spasm that regularly frustrates athletes.
  As the disorder progresses, a person with Huntington's develops involuntary jerky movements, muscle weakness and clumsiness.
  Smooth muscles are involuntary and located inside internal organs such as the stomach and intestines.
  Instead the acetylcholine accumulates and affects both voluntary an involuntary muscles.
  Cervical dystonia is a neurologic movement disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions that force the head and neck into abnormal and sometimes painful positions.
  Heart muscles and some other involuntary muscles are also affected in some forms of muscular dystrophy, and a few forms involve other organs as well.
  He cried out with the next spasm as the now unbearable pain in his right leg grew worse with the involuntary muscle clenching.
  This smooth muscle is the involuntary sphincter of the posterior urethra in the male.
  The hand movements were a result of nervous system feedback, the tongue of the creature was some how triggering involuntary muscle spasms.
  The airways (trachea, bronchi, bronchioles) are surrounded by a type of involuntary muscle known as smooth muscle.
  Though they are called involuntary muscles, they are great devices that control the urine from coming out any time.
  In her case it has caused involuntary muscle spasms affecting her whole body.
  Opiate drugs can help relieve pain, and the drugs clonazepam and sodium valproate may help relieve involuntary muscle jerks.
2Done against someone's will; compulsory.
a policy of involuntary repatriation
Example sentencesExamples
- The draft law also gives the government the right to decree ‘labor emergencies,’ granting it the right to impose involuntary retirement and layoff of public employees.
- Its imperialistic court was armed with the power of roping in all sorts of unwilling or involuntary litigants all over Australia.
- Similarly, a parallel slope envisaging a slide from physicians performing voluntary euthanasia to engaging in involuntary euthanasia requires empirical support.
- In order to cure an epidemic there must be involuntary, mandatory and humane treatment of people who are engaged in abuse.
- Children should be required to support their aging parents, require students to do involuntary volunteer work, make voting mandatory - that sort of thing.
- It imposes an involuntary moratorium on a third superdistrict for two seasons.
- It appears that they exerted undue coercion on his command to extract involuntary waivers from soldiers who did not want to redeploy overseas.
- The Iranian government, until now, has refused to accept their return as part of a general policy of resisting involuntary repatriations.
- The judge reviewed the major constitutional cases dealing with the state's power to impose involuntary treatment.
- Neither coercion nor involuntary suffering can be attributed to Christ's atoning death on the cross.
- It is an important matter if more people are requiring involuntary admission.
- The commission will introduce tribunals to review automatically the detention of involuntary patients in November.
- Given their defense of involuntary treatment as not only justified but morally mandatory, psychiatrists seem weirdly reluctant to acknowledge their role in it.
- It mandates a form of involuntary servitude expressly prohibited by the 13th amendment to the US Constitution.
- An extended winter break shutdown is in the works (although a proposal to require involuntary furloughs has been dropped).
- In the unlikely event of this argument being accepted, Betty would still be guilty of involuntary manslaughter on the constructive basis.
- The involuntary extraction of data from humans across borders requires a review of standards of privacy and data protection laws.
- World War Two caused a significant interruption in Orlova's work by imposing an involuntary career-break at a time when she was at her most active.
- Slavery signified, of course, involuntary migration and coerced labor.
- It is also required that involuntary voiding occur at least twice a week for at least three consecutive months and that it be a source of considerable distress for the child.
Synonyms
compulsory, obligatory, mandatory, forced, coerced, coercive, compelled, exacted, imposed, demanded, required, constrained, ordained, prescribed
unwilling, unconsenting, against one's will, against one's wishes, reluctant, grudging

Derivatives

involuntariness

nounɪnˈvɒlənt(ə)rɪnəsɪnˈvɑlənˌtɛrinəs

He stated that the Stanford scales were lacking because they did not directly measure the involuntariness of a subject's behavioral responses during the routine scale administration.
Example sentencesExamples
- Descartes builds on a familiar argument in the history of philosophy, an appeal to the involuntariness of sensory ideas.
- In other words, it was the involuntariness of a subject's behavioral response which characterized it as being a hypnotic response.
- Sexual orientation's involuntariness, which is largely beyond dispute, is separate from its origin, which is still controversial, even among sympathetic scientists.
- The Crown, of course, can negative involuntariness, prove that it was a willed act, without establishing that there was in fact an intention to kill, without proving murder.

Definition of involuntary in US English:

involuntary

adjectiveinˈvälənˌterēɪnˈvɑlənˌtɛri

1Done without will or conscious control.
she gave an involuntary shudder
Example sentencesExamples
- An involuntary shudder racked her body, but she stood rigid, trying to appear as if she lacked the fear that she felt in her heart.
- Most seizures are accompanied by an altered state of consciousness and sometimes by involuntary movements.
- Huge sobs shuddered throughout her body, causing involuntary convulsions to tremble in her heart.
- I felt an involuntary shudder shake my body at the feel of his hot breath against the sensitive hollow of my neck.
- The complexity of some symptoms often confuses family members, friends, teachers, and employers who may find it hard to believe that the actions or vocal utterances are involuntary.
- She felt herself give an involuntary shudder and scolded her girlish urges.
- ‘I think I'll be able to handle it,’ she said, but the involuntary shudder she did indicated she wasn't so positive about it.
- Theirs can be described as involuntary migration; they ended up in various places where they continue working on films that contribute to the big project of diasporic Balkan cinema.
- I must admit to an involuntary shudder of pride tingling down my spine when I heard her say those words.
- An involuntary shudder coursed through the frightened cheetah as he drew himself into a tight ball.
- The commission will also be able to arrange for an independent review by a Mental Health Tribunal of all decisions to detain patients on an involuntary basis and each decision to extend the duration of such detentions.
- Thus I utter an involuntary shudder at every routinely odd noise that the computer makes.
- Last season's cup final experience with Dunfermline still prompts an involuntary smile.
- His consumptive, rail thin appearance prompts a collective involuntary gasp, not just because he looks as though his legs might buckle at any second but because the resemblance to his legendary grandfather is almost eerie.
- You may find him strident, irritating or humourless, but fact of the matter is the involuntary shudder running up your back after that line is real enough.
- Air Traffic Control can get very shirty about some of my involuntary aerial antics I can tell you.
- There would be evidence that the killing happened when he was asleep or in ‘a confusional arousal state’ which could make the acts involuntary and give Lowe a defence of automatism.
- I went off into a day punctuated by involuntary shudders of revulsion as the sensations were recalled.
- I gave an involuntary shudder at the thought of what had happened last night, and I felt Adam's steadying hand on my back as we walked out into the hallway.
- And we must end the stop-loss and involuntary recall of troops that amounts to nothing more than a back-door draft.
Synonyms
reflex, reflexive, automatic, knee-jerk, mechanical, unconditioned
1. 1.1 (especially of muscles or nerves) concerned in bodily processes that are not under the control of the will.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The muscles of the heart and some other involuntary muscles are also affected in some forms of MD, and a few forms involve other organs, as well.
  In her case it has caused involuntary muscle spasms affecting her whole body.
  As the disorder progresses, a person with Huntington's develops involuntary jerky movements, muscle weakness and clumsiness.
  Muscle cramping is a painful, involuntary muscle spasm that regularly frustrates athletes.
  The contractile activity of involuntary muscle is normally regulated by the autonomic (sympathetic and parasympathetic) nervous system.
  This smooth muscle is the involuntary sphincter of the posterior urethra in the male.
  He wrote the movement off as an involuntary muscle spasm.
  Smooth muscles are involuntary and located inside internal organs such as the stomach and intestines.
  The involuntary muscles are controlled by structures deep within the brain and the upper part of the spinal cord called the brain stem.
  The airways (trachea, bronchi, bronchioles) are surrounded by a type of involuntary muscle known as smooth muscle.
  Heart muscles and some other involuntary muscles are also affected in some forms of muscular dystrophy, and a few forms involve other organs as well.
  Though they are called involuntary muscles, they are great devices that control the urine from coming out any time.
  Opiate drugs can help relieve pain, and the drugs clonazepam and sodium valproate may help relieve involuntary muscle jerks.
  Overexposure can lead to symptoms of dizziness, respiratory problems, involuntary muscle twitching and even paralysis.
  The immediate cause of vaginismus is involuntary spasm of the muscles around the lower one third of the vagina.
  Cervical dystonia is a neurologic movement disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions that force the head and neck into abnormal and sometimes painful positions.
  Birds that contract avian botulism lose involuntary muscle control, including eyelid function, have clenched feet, and can't hold up their heads.
  Instead the acetylcholine accumulates and affects both voluntary an involuntary muscles.
  The hand movements were a result of nervous system feedback, the tongue of the creature was some how triggering involuntary muscle spasms.
  He cried out with the next spasm as the now unbearable pain in his right leg grew worse with the involuntary muscle clenching.
2Done against someone's will; compulsory.
a policy of involuntary repatriation
Example sentencesExamples
- Given their defense of involuntary treatment as not only justified but morally mandatory, psychiatrists seem weirdly reluctant to acknowledge their role in it.
- In the unlikely event of this argument being accepted, Betty would still be guilty of involuntary manslaughter on the constructive basis.
- In order to cure an epidemic there must be involuntary, mandatory and humane treatment of people who are engaged in abuse.
- Children should be required to support their aging parents, require students to do involuntary volunteer work, make voting mandatory - that sort of thing.
- The draft law also gives the government the right to decree ‘labor emergencies,’ granting it the right to impose involuntary retirement and layoff of public employees.
- Neither coercion nor involuntary suffering can be attributed to Christ's atoning death on the cross.
- The commission will introduce tribunals to review automatically the detention of involuntary patients in November.
- It is also required that involuntary voiding occur at least twice a week for at least three consecutive months and that it be a source of considerable distress for the child.
- It imposes an involuntary moratorium on a third superdistrict for two seasons.
- It is an important matter if more people are requiring involuntary admission.
- The judge reviewed the major constitutional cases dealing with the state's power to impose involuntary treatment.
- World War Two caused a significant interruption in Orlova's work by imposing an involuntary career-break at a time when she was at her most active.
- An extended winter break shutdown is in the works (although a proposal to require involuntary furloughs has been dropped).
- It appears that they exerted undue coercion on his command to extract involuntary waivers from soldiers who did not want to redeploy overseas.
- Its imperialistic court was armed with the power of roping in all sorts of unwilling or involuntary litigants all over Australia.
- Slavery signified, of course, involuntary migration and coerced labor.
- Similarly, a parallel slope envisaging a slide from physicians performing voluntary euthanasia to engaging in involuntary euthanasia requires empirical support.
- It mandates a form of involuntary servitude expressly prohibited by the 13th amendment to the US Constitution.
- The Iranian government, until now, has refused to accept their return as part of a general policy of resisting involuntary repatriations.
- The involuntary extraction of data from humans across borders requires a review of standards of privacy and data protection laws.
Synonyms
compulsory, obligatory, mandatory, forced, coerced, coercive, compelled, exacted, imposed, demanded, required, constrained, ordained, prescribed

单词	involuntary
释义	Definition of involuntary in English: involuntary adjective ɪnˈvɒlənt(ə)riɪnˈvɑlənˌtɛri 1Done without will or conscious control. she gave an involuntary shudder Example sentencesExamples An involuntary shudder racked her body, but she stood rigid, trying to appear as if she lacked the fear that she felt in her heart. You may find him strident, irritating or humourless, but fact of the matter is the involuntary shudder running up your back after that line is real enough. Most seizures are accompanied by an altered state of consciousness and sometimes by involuntary movements. Thus I utter an involuntary shudder at every routinely odd noise that the computer makes. She felt herself give an involuntary shudder and scolded her girlish urges. The commission will also be able to arrange for an independent review by a Mental Health Tribunal of all decisions to detain patients on an involuntary basis and each decision to extend the duration of such detentions. ‘I think I'll be able to handle it,’ she said, but the involuntary shudder she did indicated she wasn't so positive about it. An involuntary shudder coursed through the frightened cheetah as he drew himself into a tight ball. Last season's cup final experience with Dunfermline still prompts an involuntary smile. I went off into a day punctuated by involuntary shudders of revulsion as the sensations were recalled. There would be evidence that the killing happened when he was asleep or in ‘a confusional arousal state’ which could make the acts involuntary and give Lowe a defence of automatism. The complexity of some symptoms often confuses family members, friends, teachers, and employers who may find it hard to believe that the actions or vocal utterances are involuntary. His consumptive, rail thin appearance prompts a collective involuntary gasp, not just because he looks as though his legs might buckle at any second but because the resemblance to his legendary grandfather is almost eerie. I must admit to an involuntary shudder of pride tingling down my spine when I heard her say those words. Theirs can be described as involuntary migration; they ended up in various places where they continue working on films that contribute to the big project of diasporic Balkan cinema. Huge sobs shuddered throughout her body, causing involuntary convulsions to tremble in her heart. And we must end the stop-loss and involuntary recall of troops that amounts to nothing more than a back-door draft. I felt an involuntary shudder shake my body at the feel of his hot breath against the sensitive hollow of my neck. I gave an involuntary shudder at the thought of what had happened last night, and I felt Adam's steadying hand on my back as we walked out into the hallway. Air Traffic Control can get very shirty about some of my involuntary aerial antics I can tell you. Synonyms reflex, reflexive, automatic, knee-jerk, mechanical, unconditioned spontaneous, instinctive, instinctual, impulsive, unconscious, unthinking unintentional, unintended, unplanned, inadvertent, uncontrolled, uncontrollable 1.1 (especially of muscles or nerves) concerned in bodily processes that are not under the control of the will. Example sentencesExamples The involuntary muscles are controlled by structures deep within the brain and the upper part of the spinal cord called the brain stem. He wrote the movement off as an involuntary muscle spasm. The immediate cause of vaginismus is involuntary spasm of the muscles around the lower one third of the vagina. The contractile activity of involuntary muscle is normally regulated by the autonomic (sympathetic and parasympathetic) nervous system. Overexposure can lead to symptoms of dizziness, respiratory problems, involuntary muscle twitching and even paralysis. Birds that contract avian botulism lose involuntary muscle control, including eyelid function, have clenched feet, and can't hold up their heads. The muscles of the heart and some other involuntary muscles are also affected in some forms of MD, and a few forms involve other organs, as well. Muscle cramping is a painful, involuntary muscle spasm that regularly frustrates athletes. As the disorder progresses, a person with Huntington's develops involuntary jerky movements, muscle weakness and clumsiness. Smooth muscles are involuntary and located inside internal organs such as the stomach and intestines. Instead the acetylcholine accumulates and affects both voluntary an involuntary muscles. Cervical dystonia is a neurologic movement disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions that force the head and neck into abnormal and sometimes painful positions. Heart muscles and some other involuntary muscles are also affected in some forms of muscular dystrophy, and a few forms involve other organs as well. He cried out with the next spasm as the now unbearable pain in his right leg grew worse with the involuntary muscle clenching. This smooth muscle is the involuntary sphincter of the posterior urethra in the male. The hand movements were a result of nervous system feedback, the tongue of the creature was some how triggering involuntary muscle spasms. The airways (trachea, bronchi, bronchioles) are surrounded by a type of involuntary muscle known as smooth muscle. Though they are called involuntary muscles, they are great devices that control the urine from coming out any time. In her case it has caused involuntary muscle spasms affecting her whole body. Opiate drugs can help relieve pain, and the drugs clonazepam and sodium valproate may help relieve involuntary muscle jerks. 2Done against someone's will; compulsory. a policy of involuntary repatriation Example sentencesExamples The draft law also gives the government the right to decree ‘labor emergencies,’ granting it the right to impose involuntary retirement and layoff of public employees. Its imperialistic court was armed with the power of roping in all sorts of unwilling or involuntary litigants all over Australia. Similarly, a parallel slope envisaging a slide from physicians performing voluntary euthanasia to engaging in involuntary euthanasia requires empirical support. In order to cure an epidemic there must be involuntary, mandatory and humane treatment of people who are engaged in abuse. Children should be required to support their aging parents, require students to do involuntary volunteer work, make voting mandatory - that sort of thing. It imposes an involuntary moratorium on a third superdistrict for two seasons. It appears that they exerted undue coercion on his command to extract involuntary waivers from soldiers who did not want to redeploy overseas. The Iranian government, until now, has refused to accept their return as part of a general policy of resisting involuntary repatriations. The judge reviewed the major constitutional cases dealing with the state's power to impose involuntary treatment. Neither coercion nor involuntary suffering can be attributed to Christ's atoning death on the cross. It is an important matter if more people are requiring involuntary admission. The commission will introduce tribunals to review automatically the detention of involuntary patients in November. Given their defense of involuntary treatment as not only justified but morally mandatory, psychiatrists seem weirdly reluctant to acknowledge their role in it. It mandates a form of involuntary servitude expressly prohibited by the 13th amendment to the US Constitution. An extended winter break shutdown is in the works (although a proposal to require involuntary furloughs has been dropped). In the unlikely event of this argument being accepted, Betty would still be guilty of involuntary manslaughter on the constructive basis. The involuntary extraction of data from humans across borders requires a review of standards of privacy and data protection laws. World War Two caused a significant interruption in Orlova's work by imposing an involuntary career-break at a time when she was at her most active. Slavery signified, of course, involuntary migration and coerced labor. It is also required that involuntary voiding occur at least twice a week for at least three consecutive months and that it be a source of considerable distress for the child. Synonyms compulsory, obligatory, mandatory, forced, coerced, coercive, compelled, exacted, imposed, demanded, required, constrained, ordained, prescribed unwilling, unconsenting, against one's will, against one's wishes, reluctant, grudging Derivatives involuntariness nounɪnˈvɒlənt(ə)rɪnəsɪnˈvɑlənˌtɛrinəs He stated that the Stanford scales were lacking because they did not directly measure the involuntariness of a subject's behavioral responses during the routine scale administration. Example sentencesExamples Descartes builds on a familiar argument in the history of philosophy, an appeal to the involuntariness of sensory ideas. In other words, it was the involuntariness of a subject's behavioral response which characterized it as being a hypnotic response. Sexual orientation's involuntariness, which is largely beyond dispute, is separate from its origin, which is still controversial, even among sympathetic scientists. The Crown, of course, can negative involuntariness, prove that it was a willed act, without establishing that there was in fact an intention to kill, without proving murder. Definition of involuntary in US English: involuntary adjectiveinˈvälənˌterēɪnˈvɑlənˌtɛri 1Done without will or conscious control. she gave an involuntary shudder Example sentencesExamples An involuntary shudder racked her body, but she stood rigid, trying to appear as if she lacked the fear that she felt in her heart. Most seizures are accompanied by an altered state of consciousness and sometimes by involuntary movements. Huge sobs shuddered throughout her body, causing involuntary convulsions to tremble in her heart. I felt an involuntary shudder shake my body at the feel of his hot breath against the sensitive hollow of my neck. The complexity of some symptoms often confuses family members, friends, teachers, and employers who may find it hard to believe that the actions or vocal utterances are involuntary. She felt herself give an involuntary shudder and scolded her girlish urges. ‘I think I'll be able to handle it,’ she said, but the involuntary shudder she did indicated she wasn't so positive about it. Theirs can be described as involuntary migration; they ended up in various places where they continue working on films that contribute to the big project of diasporic Balkan cinema. I must admit to an involuntary shudder of pride tingling down my spine when I heard her say those words. An involuntary shudder coursed through the frightened cheetah as he drew himself into a tight ball. The commission will also be able to arrange for an independent review by a Mental Health Tribunal of all decisions to detain patients on an involuntary basis and each decision to extend the duration of such detentions. Thus I utter an involuntary shudder at every routinely odd noise that the computer makes. Last season's cup final experience with Dunfermline still prompts an involuntary smile. His consumptive, rail thin appearance prompts a collective involuntary gasp, not just because he looks as though his legs might buckle at any second but because the resemblance to his legendary grandfather is almost eerie. You may find him strident, irritating or humourless, but fact of the matter is the involuntary shudder running up your back after that line is real enough. Air Traffic Control can get very shirty about some of my involuntary aerial antics I can tell you. There would be evidence that the killing happened when he was asleep or in ‘a confusional arousal state’ which could make the acts involuntary and give Lowe a defence of automatism. I went off into a day punctuated by involuntary shudders of revulsion as the sensations were recalled. I gave an involuntary shudder at the thought of what had happened last night, and I felt Adam's steadying hand on my back as we walked out into the hallway. And we must end the stop-loss and involuntary recall of troops that amounts to nothing more than a back-door draft. Synonyms reflex, reflexive, automatic, knee-jerk, mechanical, unconditioned 1.1 (especially of muscles or nerves) concerned in bodily processes that are not under the control of the will. Example sentencesExamples The muscles of the heart and some other involuntary muscles are also affected in some forms of MD, and a few forms involve other organs, as well. In her case it has caused involuntary muscle spasms affecting her whole body. As the disorder progresses, a person with Huntington's develops involuntary jerky movements, muscle weakness and clumsiness. Muscle cramping is a painful, involuntary muscle spasm that regularly frustrates athletes. The contractile activity of involuntary muscle is normally regulated by the autonomic (sympathetic and parasympathetic) nervous system. This smooth muscle is the involuntary sphincter of the posterior urethra in the male. He wrote the movement off as an involuntary muscle spasm. Smooth muscles are involuntary and located inside internal organs such as the stomach and intestines. The involuntary muscles are controlled by structures deep within the brain and the upper part of the spinal cord called the brain stem. The airways (trachea, bronchi, bronchioles) are surrounded by a type of involuntary muscle known as smooth muscle. Heart muscles and some other involuntary muscles are also affected in some forms of muscular dystrophy, and a few forms involve other organs as well. Though they are called involuntary muscles, they are great devices that control the urine from coming out any time. Opiate drugs can help relieve pain, and the drugs clonazepam and sodium valproate may help relieve involuntary muscle jerks. Overexposure can lead to symptoms of dizziness, respiratory problems, involuntary muscle twitching and even paralysis. The immediate cause of vaginismus is involuntary spasm of the muscles around the lower one third of the vagina. Cervical dystonia is a neurologic movement disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions that force the head and neck into abnormal and sometimes painful positions. Birds that contract avian botulism lose involuntary muscle control, including eyelid function, have clenched feet, and can't hold up their heads. Instead the acetylcholine accumulates and affects both voluntary an involuntary muscles. The hand movements were a result of nervous system feedback, the tongue of the creature was some how triggering involuntary muscle spasms. He cried out with the next spasm as the now unbearable pain in his right leg grew worse with the involuntary muscle clenching. 2Done against someone's will; compulsory. a policy of involuntary repatriation Example sentencesExamples Given their defense of involuntary treatment as not only justified but morally mandatory, psychiatrists seem weirdly reluctant to acknowledge their role in it. In the unlikely event of this argument being accepted, Betty would still be guilty of involuntary manslaughter on the constructive basis. In order to cure an epidemic there must be involuntary, mandatory and humane treatment of people who are engaged in abuse. Children should be required to support their aging parents, require students to do involuntary volunteer work, make voting mandatory - that sort of thing. The draft law also gives the government the right to decree ‘labor emergencies,’ granting it the right to impose involuntary retirement and layoff of public employees. Neither coercion nor involuntary suffering can be attributed to Christ's atoning death on the cross. The commission will introduce tribunals to review automatically the detention of involuntary patients in November. It is also required that involuntary voiding occur at least twice a week for at least three consecutive months and that it be a source of considerable distress for the child. It imposes an involuntary moratorium on a third superdistrict for two seasons. It is an important matter if more people are requiring involuntary admission. The judge reviewed the major constitutional cases dealing with the state's power to impose involuntary treatment. World War Two caused a significant interruption in Orlova's work by imposing an involuntary career-break at a time when she was at her most active. An extended winter break shutdown is in the works (although a proposal to require involuntary furloughs has been dropped). It appears that they exerted undue coercion on his command to extract involuntary waivers from soldiers who did not want to redeploy overseas. Its imperialistic court was armed with the power of roping in all sorts of unwilling or involuntary litigants all over Australia. Slavery signified, of course, involuntary migration and coerced labor. Similarly, a parallel slope envisaging a slide from physicians performing voluntary euthanasia to engaging in involuntary euthanasia requires empirical support. It mandates a form of involuntary servitude expressly prohibited by the 13th amendment to the US Constitution. The Iranian government, until now, has refused to accept their return as part of a general policy of resisting involuntary repatriations. The involuntary extraction of data from humans across borders requires a review of standards of privacy and data protection laws. Synonyms compulsory, obligatory, mandatory, forced, coerced, coercive, compelled, exacted, imposed, demanded, required, constrained, ordained, prescribed
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