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dysautonomia

[ dis-aw-tuh-noh-mee-uh ]

noun

, Pathology.
  1. a rare inherited disorder of the autonomic nervous system, occurring mostly in Ashkenazic Jews, characterized by lack of reflexes, abnormal sweating, defective lacrimation and sense perceptions, emotional instability, and motor incoordination.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dysautonomia1

1970–75; dys- + Greek autonomía autonomy

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