“Sympathetic nervous”

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sympathetic nervous system

noun

: the part of the autonomic nervous system that contains chiefly adrenergic fibers and tends to depress secretion, decrease the tone and contractility of smooth muscle, and increase heart rate compare parasympathetic nervous system


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