sympathomimetic

1. 1.

   relating to epinephrine (its release or action)

   Synonymsadrenergic

Questions about sympathomimetic

What does sympathomimetic mean?

sympathomimetic means "relating to epinephrine (its release or action)".

How many syllables are in sympathomimetic?

sympathomimetic has 6 syllables: sym-pa-tho-mi-me-tic. The stress falls on "me".

What is another word for sympathomimetic?

Close synonyms include adrenergic. 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 sympathomimetic a common word?

sympathomimetic 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.