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parasympatholytic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
parasym-pa-tholyt-ic
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That blocks the action of the parasympathetic nervous system; anticholinergic

noun

Any drug having this effect

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ- (pără-)der. English para- English sympatho- English -lytic English parasympatholytic From para- + sympatho- + -lytic.

Inflected Forms

more parasympatholytic (comparative) most parasympatholytic (superlative) parasympatheticolytic (alternative) parasympathicolytic (alternative) parasympatholytics (plural)

Questions

What does parasympatholytic mean?
That blocks the action of the parasympathetic nervous system; anticholinergic
Where does parasympatholytic come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ- (pără-)der. English para- English sympatho- English -lytic English parasympatholytic From para- + sympatho- + -lytic.

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