Meanings
adjectiveparasympathomimetic (not comparable)
alternative parasympathicomimetic
- not comparablemedicineActing by stimulating the parasympathetic nervous system; mimicking the effects of that system by stimulating acetylcholine receptors.
nounparasympathomimetic (plural parasympathomimetics)
plural parasympathomimetics · alternative parasympathicomimetic
- medicineA parasympathomimetic drug.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Hellenic*pərai
- Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰ́ (părắ)
- Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰ- (pără-)
- Englishpara-
- Englishsympatho-
- Englishmimetic
- Englishparasympathomimetic
From para- + sympatho- + mimetic.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French parasympathicomimétique
- parasympathicomimétiqueacting by stimulating the parasympathetic nervous system
German parasympathomimetisch
- parasympathomimetischacting by stimulating the parasympathetic nervous system
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with parasympathomimetic
magneticgeneticathleticdiabeticaestheticenergetickineticsympatheticpoeticpatheticalphabeticanestheticgeodeticdieteticdiuretichermeticapatheticfreneticcyberneticasceticparamagneticmimeticunsympatheticparasympathetic
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
parasympathomimetic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parasympathomimetic
MLA
“parasympathomimetic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parasympathomimetic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parasympathomimetic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parasympathomimetic.
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