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sympathicotonia

sympathicotonia noun: a stimulated condition of the sympathetic nervous system, marked by vascular spasm, elevated blood pressure, and goosebumps.

Noun

sympathicotonia (uncountable)

  1. A stimulated condition of the sympathetic nervous system, marked by vascular spasm, elevated blood pressure, and goosebumps

Origin of sympathicotonia

From sympathico- + -tonia.

Words formed from sympathicotonia

Questions about sympathicotonia

What does sympathicotonia mean?
Sympathicotonia means a stimulated condition of the sympathetic nervous system, marked by vascular spasm, elevated blood pressure, and goosebumps.
What part of speech is sympathicotonia?
Sympathicotonia is a noun.

Words near sympathicotonia in the dictionary

  1. sympathicolysis
  2. sympathicolytic
  3. sympathicolytics
  4. sympathicomimetic
  5. sympathicomimetics
  6. sympathicotonia
  7. sympathicotonic
  8. sympathicotripsy
  9. sympathicovagal
  10. sympathies
  11. sympathin

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