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sympathomimetic definition

sym·pa·tho·mi·metic (-mi met′ik, -mī-)

adjective

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

Etymology: < sympath(etic) + -o- + mimetic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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