autonomic
- s relating to or controlled by the autonomic nervous system
autonomic reflexes
autonomous
- s (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
an autonomous judiciary - s existing as an independent entity
the partitioning of India created two separate and autonomous jute economies - s (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment
autophytic
- a of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis
autosemantic
- s of a word or phrase meaningful in isolation, independent of context