单词 | autonomic |
释义 | autonomicadj.n. A. adj. 1. Of, relating to, or possessing autonomy; autonomous, self-governing, independent. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > autonomy > [adjective] > possessed of autonomy self-ruling1645 self-directing1655 autonomical1659 autonomous1673 self-governed1780 self-controlled1781 autonomic1810 autonomistica1870 self-governing1880 society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > [adjective] > not influenced by others self-lived1642 self-governed1709 self-guided1733 independent1735 uninfluenced1735 sole1747 go-alone1807 autonomic1810 maverick1886 go-it-alone1895 1810 A. Rees Cycl. (1819) XV. at Gems The similarity of the bull with that of the autonomic medals of Sybaris may place Hyllus before the age of Augustus. 1832 J. Austin Province Jurispr. v. 144 Laws autonomic, or..autonomical, are laws made by subjects, as private persons, in pursuance of legal rights. 1854 L. P. Hickok Sci. Mind 207 Reason is thus ever autonomic; carrying its own law within itself. 1870 Contemp. Rev. 15 655 German Austria could not be drawn into autonomic Germany without the Bohemian question becoming one of arms. 1912 Science 20 Sept. 359/2 The regulations made for the shooting of wild animals in Africa..by our autonomic colonies. 1976 Times 23 Dec. 11 It is a feature of our pluralistic society..that bodies such as the Labour Party make ‘autonomic’ legislation governing their members. 2. Physiology. Designating the part of the nervous system that innervates smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and glands; of or relating to this.The autonomic nervous system has two divisions, the sympathetic and parasympathetic, which are anatomically distinct and frequently antagonistic in function. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > nervous system > [adjective] > specific sympathetic1771 sympathic1836 association area1880 autonomic1898 parasympathetic1905 autonomous1908 thoracolumbar1918 sympathico-adrenal1928 neuroeffector1935 sympatho-adrenal1965 1898 J. N. Langley in Jrnl. Physiol. 23 241 The ‘autonomic’ nervous system means the nervous system of the glands and of the involuntary muscle. 1898 J. N. Langley in Jrnl. Physiol. 23 270 I propose the term ‘autonomic nervous system’ for the sympathetic system and the allied nervous system of the cranial and sacral nerves, and for the local nervous system of the gut. 1906 J. R. Murlin tr. R. Tigerstedt Text-bk. Human Physiol. xxv. 686 The efferent fibers belonging to the autonomic nerves are slender in comparison with other efferent nerve fibers. 1948 A. Brodal Neurol. Anat. xi. 394 The hypothalamus is probably concerned in integrating the activity of the pilomotors with other autonomic functions. 1975 H. Benson Relaxation Response iv. 56 Visceral learning, or biofeedback, as it is popularly called, established that man could control his involuntary or autonomic nervous system. 2005 Guardian 21 July ii. 18/5 People with spinal injuries become ultra-sensitive to the sun, and sunburn can lead to autonomic dysreflexia—soaring blood pressure threatening a stroke. B. n. Physiology. The autonomic nervous system; a part or element of this. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > nervous system > [noun] > specific sympathetic1808 central nervous system1826 reflex arc1833 projection system1872 autonomic1908 parasympathetic1916 C.N.S.1932 neuroeffector1937 1908 J. Mackenzie Dis. Heart vi. 31 The autonomic includes the whole of the sympathetic nerves, and certain cerebral nerves, of which the vagus is the only one that concerns us here. 1929 F. H. Garrison Introd. Hist. Med. (ed. 4) xiii. 696 Adrenalin, the hormone governing the sympathetic autonomic. 1987 Jrnl. Compar. Neurol. 260 605 The termination of single autonomics includes blood vessels as well as areas of the osseous spiral lamina not adjacent to blood vessels. 2006 C. Stone Visceral & Obstetr. Osteopathy iv. 94/2 These very restrictions will adversely impact on the autonomics and lymphatic tissues. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1810 |
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