Definition of Simpathetic
Sym`pa*thet"ic (?), a. [See
Sympathy, and cf. Pathetic.] 1.
Inclined to sympathy; sympathizing.
Far wiser he, whose sympathetic mind
Exults in all the good of all mankind.
Goldsmith.
2. Produced by, or expressive of,
sympathy.
Ope the sacred source of sympathetic
tears. Gray.
3. (Physiol.) (a)
Produced by sympathy; -- applied particularly to symptoms or
affections. See Sympathy. (b) Of or
relating to the sympathetic nervous system or some of its branches;
produced by stimulation on the sympathetic nervious system or some
part of it; as, the sympathetic saliva, a modified form of
saliva, produced from some of the salivary glands by stimulation of a
sympathetic nerve fiber.
Sympathetic ink. (Chem.) See under
Ink. -- Sympathetic nerve
(Anat.), any nerve of the sympathetic system; especially,
the axial chain of ganglions and nerves belonging to the sympathetic
system. -- Sympathetic powder (Alchemy),
a kind of powder long supposed to be able to cure a wound if
applied to the weapon that inflicted it, or even to a portion of the
bloody clothes. Dunglison. -- Sympathetic
sounds (Physics), sounds produced from solid
bodies by means of vibrations which have been communicated to them
from some other sounding body, by means of the air or an intervening
solid. -- Sympathetic system (Anat.),
a system of nerves and nerve ganglions connected with the
alimentary canal, the vascular system, and the glandular organs of
most vertebrates, and controlling more or less their actions. The
axial part of the system and its principal ganglions and nerves are
situated in the body cavity and form a chain of ganglions on each side
of the vertebral column connected with numerous other ganglions and
nerve plexuses.
Sym`pa*thet"ic (?), a. [See
Sympathy, and cf. Pathetic.] 1.
Inclined to sympathy; sympathizing.
Far wiser he, whose sympathetic mind
Exults in all the good of all mankind.
Goldsmith.
2. Produced by, or expressive of,
sympathy.
Ope the sacred source of sympathetic
tears. Gray.
3. (Physiol.) (a)
Produced by sympathy; -- applied particularly to symptoms or
affections. See Sympathy. (b) Of or
relating to the sympathetic nervous system or some of its branches;
produced by stimulation on the sympathetic nervious system or some
part of it; as, the sympathetic saliva, a modified form of
saliva, produced from some of the salivary glands by stimulation of a
sympathetic nerve fiber.
Sympathetic ink. (Chem.) See under
Ink. -- Sympathetic nerve
(Anat.), any nerve of the sympathetic system; especially,
the axial chain of ganglions and nerves belonging to the sympathetic
system. -- Sympathetic powder (Alchemy),
a kind of powder long supposed to be able to cure a wound if
applied to the weapon that inflicted it, or even to a portion of the
bloody clothes. Dunglison. -- Sympathetic
sounds (Physics), sounds produced from solid
bodies by means of vibrations which have been communicated to them
from some other sounding body, by means of the air or an intervening
solid. -- Sympathetic system (Anat.),
a system of nerves and nerve ganglions connected with the
alimentary canal, the vascular system, and the glandular organs of
most vertebrates, and controlling more or less their actions. The
axial part of the system and its principal ganglions and nerves are
situated in the body cavity and form a chain of ganglions on each side
of the vertebral column connected with numerous other ganglions and
nerve plexuses.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- of, related to, showing, or characterized by sympathy
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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