parasympathetic

Other forms of parasympathetic

plural

parasympathetics·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about parasympathetic

What does parasympathetic mean?

parasympathetic means "originates in the brain stem and lower part of the spinal cord; opposes physiological effects of the sympathetic nervous system: stimulates digestive secretions; slows the heart; constricts the pupils; dilates blood vessels". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in parasympathetic?

parasympathetic has 6 syllables: par-a-sym-pa-thet-ic. The stress falls on "thet". In IPA it is /ˌpɛɹəˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪk/.

What is another word for parasympathetic?

Close synonyms include parasympathetic nervous system. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is parasympathetic a common word?

parasympathetic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with parasympathetic?

12 words rhyme with parasympathetic. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.