parasympathomimetic (redirected from Parasympathomimetics)

parasympathomimetic /para·sym·pa·tho·mi·met·ic/ (-sim″pah-tho-mi-met´ik) cholinergic.

---

par·a·sym·pa·tho·mi·met·ic (pr-smp-th-m-mtik, -m-)

adj.

Having an action resembling that caused by stimulation of the parasympathetic nervous system.

---

Parasympathomimetic

An agent whose effects mimic those resulting from stimulation of the parasympathetic nerves.

Mentioned in: Neurogenic Bladder

---

parasympathomimetic

[per′əsim′pəthō′mimet′ik]

Etymology: Gk, para + sympathein, to feel with, mimesis, imitation

1  adj, pertaining to a substance producing effects similar to those caused by stimulation of a parasympathetic nerve.

2  n, an agent whose effects mimic those resulting from stimulation of parasympathetic nerves, especially those produced by acetylcholine. Also called cholinergic.

---

parasympathomimetic [par″ah-sim″pah-tho-mi-met´ik]

producing effects resembling those of stimulation of the parasympathetic nerve supply of a part.

cholinergic (def. 2).

---

parasympathomimetic (per´-sim´pthō´mimet´ik),

adj See cholinergic.

---

parasympathomimetic

cholinergic; producing effects resembling those of stimulation of the parasympathetic nerve supply of a part. Also, an agent that produces such effects, e.g. physostigmine.