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perisympathetic

perisympathetic adjective: that surrounds the organs of the sympathetic nervous system in some insects.

Adjective

perisympathetic (not comparable)

  1. That surrounds the organs of the sympathetic nervous system in some insects

Origin of perisympathetic

From peri- + sympathetic.

Words that rhyme with perisympathetic

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Questions about perisympathetic

What does perisympathetic mean?
Perisympathetic means that surrounds the organs of the sympathetic nervous system in some insects.
What part of speech is perisympathetic?
Perisympathetic is an adjective.

Words near perisympathetic in the dictionary

  1. perisutural
  2. perisylvian
  3. perisylvian syndrome
  4. perisylvic
  5. perisymbiotic
  6. perisympathetic
  7. perisynaptic
  8. perisynaptically
  9. perisynovial
  10. perisynovitis
  11. perisystole

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