Look up: Sympathetic

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   sympathetic
   [adj] - (physiology 2. [adj] - (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings 3. [adj] - expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings
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   Sympathetic
   A division of the autonomic or involuntary nervous system that works in general opposition to the parasympathetic division (q.v.).
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   Sympathetic
   A part of the nervious system which acts in opposition to the parasympathetic nervous system and which accelerates the heartbeat.
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   sympathetic
   relating to or displaying sympathy Category: Medicine • relating or displaying sympathy Category: Medicine
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   Sympathetic
   Sym`pa·thet'ic adjective [ See Sympathy , and confer Pathetic .] 1. Inclined to sympathy; sympathizing. « Far wiser he, whose sympathetic mind Exults in all the good of all mankind.» Goldsmith. 2. Produced by, or expressive of, sympathy. « Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.» Gray. 3. (Physi ...
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   sympathetic
   1. <psychology> Pertaining to, caused by or exhibiting sympathy. ... 2. <physiology> A sympathetic nerve or the sympathetic nervous system. ... Origin: Gr. Sympathetikos ... (19 Jan 1998) ...
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   sympathetic
   adjective of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system; `sympathetic neurons`; `sympathetic stimulation`
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   sympathetic
   adjective expressing or feeling or resulting from sympathy or compassion or friendly fellow feelings; disposed toward; `sympathetic to the students` cause`; `a sympathetic observer`; `a sympathetic gesture`
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   sympathetic
   adjective relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body; `sympathetic vibration`
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    Sympathetic
    The word `sympathetic` means different things in different contexts. * In neurology, the sympathetic nervous system is a part of the autonomic nervous system. * In music theory, sympathetic strings are strings on a musical instrument that resonate on their own. * In psychology, sympathy is a feeling of compassion or identification with another. * In religion, metaphysics, medicine, sympathy is the belief that like affects like, that something can...
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    sympathetic
    (sim″pә-thet´ik) pertaining to or caused by sympathy. pertaining to the sympathetic nervous system.
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    Sympathetic
    • (a.) Produced by, or expressive of, sympathy. • (a.) Inclined to sympathy; sympathizing. • (a.) Produced by sympathy; -- applied particularly to symptoms or affections. See Sympathy. • (a.) Of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system or some of its branches; produced by stimulation on the sympathetic nervious system or so...
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    sympathetic
    (Gr. sympathtikos) 1. pertaining to, caused by, or exhibiting sympathy. 2. a sympathetic nerve or the sympathetic nervous system.
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    sympathetic
    sympathetic 1. Pertaining to, caused by, or exhibiting sympathy. 2. A sympathetic nerve or the sympathetic nervous system (a set or series of interconnected or interdependent parts of entities, objects, organs, or organisms) that function together in a common purpose or produce results impossible of achievement by one of them acting or operating alone.
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