Sympathomimetic Definition

sĭmpə-thō-mĭ-mĕtĭk, -mī-
adjective
Having an effect similar to that produced when the sympathetic nervous system is stimulated.
Webster's New World
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noun
A sympathomimetic drug or agent.
American Heritage Medicine
(medicine) Any medicine with this effect.
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Other Word Forms of Sympathomimetic

Noun

Singular:
sympathomimetic
Plural:
sympathomimetics

Origin of Sympathomimetic

  • sympath(etic) mimetic

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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