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parasympathomimetic definition

para·sym·pa·tho·mi·metic (-sim′pə t̸hō′mi met′ik)

adjective

having an effect similar to that produced when the parasympathetic nervous system is stimulated: said of drugs, chemicals, etc.

Etymology: < parasympathetic + mimetic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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