Usually means: Part of autonomic nervous system.
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  1. parasympathetic: Merriam-Webster
  2. parasympathetic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. parasympathetic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. parasympathetic: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. parasympathetic: Wordnik
  7. parasympathetic: Wiktionary
  8. parasympathetic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. parasympathetic: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  1. parasympathetic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (parasympathetic)

adjective:  (neuroanatomy, neurology, relational) Of or relating to the part of the autonomic nervous system that inhibits or opposes the effects of the sympathetic nervous system. It consists of nerves arising from the brain and the lower end of the spinal cord and supplying the internal organs, blood vessels, and glands.
noun:  (neuroanatomy) A parasympathetic nerve.
noun:  (neurology) Ellipsis of parasympathetic nervous system.. [(neuroanatomy) 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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