Meanings
adjectivesympathomimetic (comparative more sympathomimetic, superlative most sympathomimetic)
comparative more sympathomimetic · superlative most sympathomimetic · alternative sympathicomimetic
- medicineThat produces effects similar to those of the sympathetic nervous system.
nounsympathomimetic (plural sympathomimetics)
plural sympathomimetics · alternative sympathicomimetic
- medicineAny medicine with this effect.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiverelating to epinephrine (its release or action)
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Rhymes with sympathomimetic
magneticgeneticathleticdiabeticaestheticenergetickineticsympatheticpoeticpatheticalphabeticanestheticgeodeticdieteticdiuretichermeticapatheticfreneticcyberneticasceticparamagneticmimeticunsympatheticparasympathetic
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sympathomimetic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sympathomimetic
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“sympathomimetic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sympathomimetic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sympathomimetic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sympathomimetic.
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