Look up: parasympathetic


  1. Parasympathetic
    part of the autonomic nervous system concerned with maintaining routine functions. Always acts as a balance to activity of the sympathetic nervous system.
    Found op http://www.eclipse.co.uk/moordent/page5.html

  2. parasympathetic
    [adj] - of or relating to the parasympathetic nervous system
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=parasympathetic

  3. Parasympathetic
    One of two types of nerves of the autonomic nervous system responsible for controlling functions which take place at the unconscious level, for example digestion, slowing the heart rate, regulating blood pressure, constricting the pupils of the eyes
    Found op http://www.dwp.gov.uk/medical/med_conditions/glossary.html

  4. Parasympathetic
    A division of the autonomic (involuntary) nervous system that controls normal digestive, reproductive, cardiopulmonary, and vascular functions and stimulates most secretions.
    Found op http://www.swsbm.com/ManualsMM/MedHerbGloss2.txt

  5. Parasympathetic
    The part of the nervous system which acts in opposition to the sympathetic nervous system and which slows the heartbeat.
    Found op http://www.gadsbywicks.co.uk/uploaded/3822.pdf

  6. parasympathetic
    Pertaining to a division of the autonomic nervous system. ... See: autonomic nervous system. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?parasympathetic

  7. parasympathetic
    adjective of or relating to the parasympathetic nervous system
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=parasympathetic



  1. parasympathetic
    parasympathetic Of, pertaining to, or designating one of the major divisions of the autonomic nervous system, distinguished from the sympathetic system by its place of origin, its use of acetylcholine as a transmitter, and its general association with rest and recuperation rather than alertness.
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2073/3

  2. Parasympathetic
    - part of the autonomic nervous system concerned with maintaining routine functions. Always acts as a balance to activity of the sympathetic nervous system.
    Found op http://www.eclipse.co.uk/moordent/page5.html

  3. parasympathetic
    Type: Term Pronunciation: par′ă-sim′pă-thet′ik Definitions: 1. Pertaining to a division of the autonomic nervous system. See: autonomic (visceral motor) division of nervous system
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=65306

  4. parasympathetic
    adjective, Greek para = beside, syn = with, and pathos = feeling; hence, the division of the autonomic nervous system complementary to the sympathetic system.
    Found op http://www.anatomy.usyd.edu.au/glossary/glossary.cgi?

  5. parasympathetic
    (par;ua-sim;pua-thet;ik) Pertaining to the division of the autonomic nervous system concerned with activities that, in general, inhibit or oppose the physiological effects of the sympathetic nervous system.
    Found op http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/abio/glossary.mhtml

  6. parasympathetic
    (par;ua-sim;pua-thet;ik) Pertaining to the division of the autonomic nervous system concerned with activities that, in general, inhibit or oppose the physiological effects of the sympathetic nervous system.
    Found op http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/abio/glossary.mhtml

  7. parasympathetic
    1) Nervous system 2) Systema nervosum
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/parasympathetic/1

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