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parasympathetic nervous system

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English

Syllables
parasym-pa-thet-ic n-er-vous sys-tem
IPA
50
Scrabble Score
28
Letters
7
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the divisions of the autonomic nervous system, based between the brain and the spinal cord, that slows the heart and relaxes muscles.

Inflected Forms

parasympathetic nervous systems (plural)

Phrases

central nervous system enteric nervous system sympathetic nervous system

Frequently Paired Words

central nervous system enteric nervous system sympathetic nervous system

Synonyms

parasympathetic

Questions

What does parasympathetic nervous system mean?
One of the divisions of the autonomic nervous system, based between the brain and the spinal cord, that slows the heart and relaxes muscles.

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