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Definition: Sympathomimetic |
SympathomimeticAdjective1. Relating to epinephrine (its release or action). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | 1. mimicking the effects of impulses conveyed by adrenergic postganglionic fibres of the sympathetic nervous system. 2. an agent that produces effects similar to those of impulses conveyed by adrenergic postganglionic fibres of the sympathetic nervous system. Called also adrenergic. (references) |
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Synonym: SympathomimeticSynonym: adrenergic (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Sympathomimetic |
| English words defined with "sympathomimetic": tyramine. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "sympathomimetic": adrenergic receptor, adrenoceptor, adrenoreceptor ♦ Deoxyepinephrine, Dextroamphetamine ♦ Octopamine ♦ Phenmetrazine, Phentermine, p-Hydroxyamphetamine, p-Hydroxynorephedrine. (references) |
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Health | Such medicines contain a decongestant drug, known as a sympathomimetic. (references) | |
The sympathomimetic drug used in these preparations is ephedrine, a drug with many side effects and less bronchodilating effect than other drugs now available. (references) | ||
Alpha-adrenergic medications, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and sympathomimetic amines are sometimes used. Sleeping in a head-up position at night reduces morning orthostatic hypotension. (references) | ||
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Expression using "sympathomimetic": sympathomimetic substances. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sympathomimetic | 5 |
drug sympathomimetic | 4 |
amine sympathomimetic | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "sympathomimetic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 仿交感神经作". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | sympatimimetikum, sympathomimetisk/sympathomimetika. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | sympathomimetisch, sympathicomimetisch, sympathicomimeticum. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sympatomimeettinen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | sympathomimétique, sympathomimétique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | sympathomimetisch, Sympathomimetikum. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | συμπαθητικομιμητικός. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | simpatico-mimetico, simpaticomimetico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ympathomimeticsay simpaticomimético. (various references) simpaticomimético. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sympathomimetic": sympathomimetics. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "sympathomimetic": parasympathomimetic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-i-i-m-m-m-o-p-s-t-t-y" | |
-4 letters: sympathetic, symptomatic. | |
-5 letters: asymptotic, hemostatic, histiocyte, hypostatic, mastectomy, mesophytic, metaphysic, myopathies. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-i-i-m-m-m-o-p-s-t-t-y" | |
+1 letter: sympathomimetics. | |
+4 letters: parasympathomimetic. | |
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