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con⋅sen⋅su⋅al

  [kuhn-sen-shoo-uhl]
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–adjective
1. formed or existing merely by consent: a consensual transaction.
2. Physiology. (of an action) involuntarily correlative with a voluntary action, as the contraction of the iris when the eye is opened.
Origin:
1745–55; < L consēnsu-, s. of consēnsus consensus + -al 1

Related forms:
con⋅sen⋅su⋅al⋅ly, adverb
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con·sen·su·al   (kən-sěn'shōō-əl)   
adj.  

  1. Of or expressing a consensus: a consensual decision.

    1. Law Existing or entered into by mutual consent without formalization by document or ceremony: a consensual marriage; a consensual contract.

    2. Involving the willing participation of both or all parties, especially in an illegal transaction or practice: the consensual crimes of prostitution, drug abuse, and illegal gambling.

    3. Of or relating to a reflexive response of one body structure following stimulation of another, such as the concurrent constriction of one pupil in response to light shined in the other.

    4. Of or relating to involuntary movement of a body part accompanying voluntary movement of another.

  3. Physiology

    1. Of or relating to a reflexive response of one body structure following stimulation of another, such as the concurrent constriction of one pupil in response to light shined in the other.

    2. Of or relating to involuntary movement of a body part accompanying voluntary movement of another.

con·sen'su·al·ly adv.
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Main Entry: con·sen·su·al
Pronunciation: k&n-'sen-ch&-w&l
Function: adjective
1 : existing or made by mutual consent without any further act (as a writing)
2 : involving or based on mutual consent <consensual sexual intercourse>
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Main Entry: con·sen·su·al
Pronunciation: k&n-'sench-(&-)w&l, -'sen-ch&l
Function: adjective
1 : existing or madeby mutual consent <consensual sexual behavior>
2 : relating to or being the constrictive pupillary response of an eye that is covered when the other eye is exposed tolight —con·sen·su·al·ly /-E/ adverb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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consensual con·sen·su·al (kən-sěn'sh&oomacr;-əl)
adj.

  1. Of or relating to a reflexive response of one body structure following stimulation of another, such as the concurrent constriction of one pupil in response to light shined in the other.

  2. Of or relating to involuntary movement of a body part accompanying voluntary movement of another.

con·sen'su·al·ly adv.

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