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sympathoinhibitory

sympathoinhibitory adjective: that inhibits the sympathetic nervous system.

Adjective

sympathoinhibitory (comparative more sympathoinhibitory, superlative most sympathoinhibitory)

  1. That inhibits the sympathetic nervous system
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Forms of sympathoinhibitory

comparativemore sympathoinhibitory
superlativemost sympathoinhibitory

Origin of sympathoinhibitory

From sympatho- + inhibitory.

Questions about sympathoinhibitory

What does sympathoinhibitory mean?
Sympathoinhibitory means that inhibits the sympathetic nervous system.
What part of speech is sympathoinhibitory?
Sympathoinhibitory is an adjective.

Words near sympathoinhibitory in the dictionary

  1. sympathoexcitatory
  2. sympathoexcitory
  3. sympathoinhibition
  4. sympathoinhibitor
  5. sympathoinhibitors
  6. sympathoinhibitory
  7. sympatholysis
  8. sympatholytic
  9. sympatholytics
  10. sympathomedullary
  11. sympathomimesis

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