sympathicotropicadj.
/sɪmˌpaθɪkə(ʊ)ˈtrəʊpɪk//sɪmˌpaθɪkə(ʊ)ˈtrɒpɪk/ Pharmacology.
Possessing an affinity for the sympathetic nervous system.
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sympathicotropic1914
sympathotropic1964
1914 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 22 Aug. 619/2 Epinephrin..affects especially the sympathetic... It is therefore spoken of as a sympathicotropic drug.
1975 Acta Biol. Med. Germanica XXXIV. 661 (heading) The action of sympathicotropic substances upon liver microsomes in vivo and in vitro.
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ˌsympathoˈtropic adj. in the same sense.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > drugs having specific effect > [adjective] > sympathotropic
sympathicotropic1914
sympathotropic1964
1964 Internat. Jrnl. Neuropharmacol. 3 217 When evaluating the effect of indirectly acting sympathotropic substances one must first ascertain whether the tissue stores endogenous catecholamines.
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