ans

1. 1.

   the part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands

   Synonymsautonomic nervous system

   Broaderneural structure

   Part ofnervous system

   Partsautonomic ganglionsympathetic nervous systemparasympathetic nervous system

Other forms of ans

plural

anses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ans

What does ans mean?

ans means "the part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands".

How many syllables are in ans?

ans has 1 syllable: ans.

What is another word for ans?

Close synonyms include autonomic nervous system. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ans a common word?

ans is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.