Meanings
plural autonomic nervous systems
- anatomyIn humans and other vertebrates, the part of the nervous system that regulates the involuntary activity of the heart, intestines and glands. These activities include digestion, respiration, perspiration, metabolism, and the modulation of blood pressure.
Synonyms: vegetative nervous system, visceral nervous system, vegetative nervous system, visceral nervous system
Synonyms & antonyms
nounIn humans and other vertebrates, the part of the nervous system that regulates the involuntary activity of the heart, intestines and glands. These activities include digestion, respiration, perspiration, metabolism, and the modulation of blood pressure.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan sistema nerviós autònom
- sistema nerviós autònomautonomic nervous system
Chinese Mandarin 自主神經系統 /自主神经系统
- 自主神經系統 /自主神经系统 (zìzhǔ shénjīng xìtǒng)autonomic nervous system
Czech vegetativní nervová soustava
- vegetativní nervová soustavaautonomic nervous system
Esperanto aŭtonoma nerva sistemo
- aŭtonoma nerva sistemoautonomic nervous system
Finnish autonominen hermosto
- autonominen hermostoautonomic nervous system
French système nerveux autonome
- système nerveux autonomeautonomic nervous system
German vegetatives Nervensystem
- vegetatives Nervensystemautonomic nervous system
Greek αυτόνομο νευρικό σύστημα
- αυτόνομο νευρικό σύστημα (aftónomo nevrikó sýstima)autonomic nervous system
Hungarian autonóm idegrendszer
- autonóm idegrendszerautonomic nervous system
Icelandic sjálfvirka taugakerfi
- sjálfvirka taugakerfiautonomic nervous system
Italian sistema nervoso autonomo
- sistema nervoso autonomoautonomic nervous system
Japanese 自律神経系
- 自律神経系 (jiritsu shinkeikei)autonomic nervous system
Polish autonomiczny układ nerwowy, wegetatywny układ nerwowy
- autonomiczny układ nerwowyautonomic nervous system
- wegetatywny układ nerwowyautonomic nervous system
Portuguese sistema nervoso autônomo, sistema nervoso autónomo
- sistema nervoso autônomoautonomic nervous system
- sistema nervoso autónomoautonomic nervous system
Romanian sistem nervos vegetativ, sistem nervos autonom
- sistem nervos vegetativautonomic nervous system
- sistem nervos autonomautonomic nervous system
Russian автономная нервная система, вегетативная нервная система
- автономная нервная система (avtonomnaja nervnaja sistema)autonomic nervous system
- вегетативная нервная система (vegetativnaja nervnaja sistema)autonomic nervous system
Spanish sistema nervioso autónomo/autonómico
- sistema nervioso autónomo/autonómicoautonomic nervous system
Swedish autonoma nervsystemet
- autonoma nervsystemetautonomic nervous system
Turkish otonom sinir sistemi
- otonom sinir sistemiautonomic nervous system
Cite this entry
autonomic nervous system. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autonomic%20nervous%20system
“autonomic nervous system.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autonomic%20nervous%20system. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autonomic nervous system,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autonomic%20nervous%20system.
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