Medical Dictionary

spontaneous

adj spon·ta·ne·ous \spän-ˈtā-nē-əs\

Medical Definition of SPONTANEOUS

1
:  proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint
2
:  developing without apparent external influence, force, cause, or treatment <a spontaneous nosebleed>
spon·ta·ne·ous·ly adverb
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