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autonomic
Adjective
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This term describes biological processes that happen without conscious effort or willpower. It evokes a sense of hidden, automatic machinery operating beneath the surface of awareness to maintain homeostasis. In a medical or scientific context, it is strictly technical. It differs from automatic, which can describe any machine or routine; autonomic specifically refers to the physiological systems of a living organism, such as the sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves.