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English noun: sympathetic nervous system

1. sympathetic nervous system (body) originates in the thoracic regions of the spinal cord; opposes physiological effects of the parasympathetic: reduces digestive secretions; speeds the heart; contracts blood vessels


Broader (hypernym)nervous system, systema nervosum


Part holonymabdominal nerve plexus, alpha receptor, alpha-adrenergic receptor, alpha-adrenoceptor, beta receptor, beta-adrenergic receptor, beta-adrenoceptor, coeliac plexus, plexus celiacus, solar plexus, splanchnic nerve


Part meronymANS, autonomic nervous system









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