sympathetic : Idioms & Phrases

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Sympathetic ink

  • . (Chem.) See under Ink.
Webster 1913

Sympathetic nerve

  • (Anat.), any nerve of the sympathetic system; especially, the axial chain of ganglions and nerves belonging to the sympathetic system.
Webster 1913

sympathetic nervous system

  • noun originates in the thoracic regions of the spinal cord; opposes physiological effects of the parasympathetic: reduces digestive secretions; speeds the heart; contracts blood vessels
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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.
Webster 1913

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.
Webster 1913

sympathetic strike

  • noun a strike in support of other workers who are on strike; a strike not resulting from direct grievances against the workers' employer
    sympathy strike.
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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 1913

sympathetic vibration

  • noun (physics) vibration produced by resonance
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