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Parasympathetic
Meaning
Adj
●
In Neuroanatomy & Neurology:
Of or
relating
to the part of the
autonomic nervous system
that
inhibits
or
opposes
the effects of the
sympathetic nervous system
. It
consists of
nerves
arising
from the
brain
and the lower
end of
the
spinal cord
and
supplying
the
internal organs
,
blood vessels
, and glands.
Noun
●
In Neuroanatomy:
A
parasympathetic
nerve.
●
In Neurology:
Ellipsis of
parasympathetic
nervous
system..
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Antonyms
Sympathetic
Related
Autonomic
Vagus
Vagal
Hypothalamus
Afferent
Efferent
Adrenergic
Sympathetic
Baroreceptor
Limbic
Inhibitory
Neurohormonal
Reflex
Neurotransmitter
Homeostatic
Afferents
Medulla
Excitatory
Nociceptive
Nervous System
Vagus Nerve
Skeletal Muscles
Medulla Oblongata
Adrenergic Receptors
Antidiuretic Hormone
Sympathetic Nervous System
Autonomic Nervous System
Central Nervous System
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Rhymes
Metic
Emetic
Poetic
Kinetic
Genetic
Abietic
Pyretic
Ascetic
Aphetic
Mimetic
Dieretic
Diabetic
Frenetic
Pathetic
Hermetic
Balletic
Magnetic
Dietetic
Geodetic
Diuretic
Athletic
Apathetic
Aesthetic
Splenetic
Hepatitic
Digenetic
Diathetic
Energetic
Anesthetic
Diakinetic
Diagenetic
Nonmimetic
Cybernetic
Peripatetic
Sympathetic
Prosiopetic
Diamagnetic
Peripatetic
Metadiegetic
Paramagnetic
Petrogenetic
Unsympathetic
Glottogenetic
Nonsympathetic
Presympathetic
Oversympathetic
Perisympathetic
Parasympathetic
Neurosympathetic
Cardiosympathetic
Somatosympathetic
Vestibulosympathetic
Cardioparasympathetic
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