Meanings
adjectiveparasympatholytic (comparative more parasympatholytic, superlative most parasympatholytic)
comparative more parasympatholytic · superlative most parasympatholytic · alternative parasympatheticolytic · alternative parasympathicolytic
- medicineThat blocks the action of the parasympathetic nervous system; anticholinergic
nounparasympatholytic (plural parasympatholytics)
plural parasympatholytics · alternative parasympatheticolytic · alternative parasympathicolytic
- Any drug having this effect
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Hellenic*pərai
- Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰ́ (părắ)
- Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰ- (pără-)
- Englishpara-
- Englishsympatho-
- Englishparasympatholytic
From para- + sympatho- + -lytic.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Italian parasimpaticolitico, parasimpaticolitico
- parasimpaticoliticoTranslations
- parasimpaticoliticoTranslations
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APA
parasympatholytic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parasympatholytic
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“parasympatholytic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parasympatholytic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parasympatholytic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parasympatholytic.
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