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sympathicotripsy

sympathicotripsy noun: the surgical crushing of a sympathetic nerve.

Noun

sympathicotripsy (uncountable)

  1. The surgical crushing of a sympathetic nerve.

Origin of sympathicotripsy

From sympathico- + -tripsy.

Questions about sympathicotripsy

What does sympathicotripsy mean?
Sympathicotripsy means the surgical crushing of a sympathetic nerve.
What part of speech is sympathicotripsy?
Sympathicotripsy is a noun.

Words near sympathicotripsy in the dictionary

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

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