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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word parasympathetic nervous system:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. parasympathetic nervous system: Merriam-Webster
  2. parasympathetic nervous system: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. parasympathetic nervous system: Collins English Dictionary
  4. parasympathetic nervous system: Vocabulary.com
  5. parasympathetic nervous system: Wiktionary
  6. parasympathetic nervous system: Dictionary.com
  7. Parasympathetic Nervous System, Parasympathetic nervous system: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. parasympathetic nervous system: Rhymezone
  9. parasympathetic nervous system: FreeDictionary.org
  10. parasympathetic nervous system: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. parasympathetic nervous system: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. parasympathetic nervous system: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. parasympathetic nervous system: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. parasympathetic nervous system: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Nervous system, parasympathetic, Parasympathetic nervous system, System, parasympathetic nervous: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. parasympathetic nervous system: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  7. parasympathetic nervous system: Medical dictionary
  8. WeMove Glossary of Terms (No longer online)
  9. Nervous system, parasympathetic, Parasympathetic nervous system, System, parasympathetic nervous: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (parasympathetic nervous system)

noun:  (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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