autonomic

autonomic
adjective Date: 1898 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
>
autonomically adverb

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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