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autonomic

[aw-tuh-nom-ik] / ˌɔ təˈnɒm ɪk /


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Neuroscientists call such coordinated movement and autonomic activity “interpersonal synchrony.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Some treatments focus on particular complications such as clotting, autonomic nervous system problems, and immune imbalance.

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2026

Several other doctors have since told him that gabapentin is likely the cause of his condition, including a neuropsychiatrist who diagnosed him with severe dysautonomia, or impairment of the autonomic nervous system.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

It's part of the autonomic nervous system, which controls things we don't think about, like breathing, heart rate and digestion.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

Speaking is an autonomic business; you may search for words as you go along, but they are found for you by agents in your brain over which you exercise no direct control.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas