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sym⋅pa⋅thet⋅ic

  [sim-puh-thet-ik]
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1. characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
2. acting or affected by, of the nature of, or pertaining to a special affinity or mutual relationship; congenial: With their many similar tastes, he found her a most sympathetic companion.
3. looking upon with favor (often fol. by to or toward): She is sympathetic to the project.
4. Anatomy, Physiology.
a. pertaining to that part of the autonomic nervous system consisting of nerves that arise from the thoracic and lumbar regions of the spinal cord, and functioning in opposition to the parasympathetic system, as in stimulating heartbeat, dilating the pupil of the eye, etc.
b. Obsolete. pertaining to the autonomic nervous system in its entirety.
5. Physics. noting or pertaining to vibrations, sounds, etc., produced by a body as the direct result of similar vibrations in a different body.
Origin:
1635–45; < NL sympathēticus < Gk sympathētikós. See sym-, pathetic

Related forms:
sym⋅pa⋅thet⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. commiserating, kind, tender, affectionate.
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sym·pa·thet·ic   (sĭm'pə-thět'ĭk)   
adj.  
  1. Of, expressing, feeling, or resulting from sympathy: a sympathetic glance.
  2. Favorably inclined: not at all sympathetic to her proposal.
  3. Agreeably suited to one's disposition or mood; congenial: sympathetic surroundings.
  4. Of, relating to, or acting on the sympathetic nervous system: a sympathetic neuron; sympathetic stimulation.
    1. Relating to or being vibrations, especially musical tones, produced in one body by energy from a nearby vibrating body and having the same frequency as the vibration of the nearby body.
    2. Emitting such vibrations: sympathetic strings.

[Greek sumpathētikos, from sumpatheia, sympathy; see sympathy.]
sym'pa·thet'i·cal·ly adv.
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Sympathetic

Sym`pa*thet"ic\, a. [See Sympathy, and cf. Pathetic.]

1. Inclined to sympathy; sympathizing.

Far wiser he, whose sympathetic mind Exults in all the good of all mankind. --Goldsmith.

2. Produced by, or expressive of, sympathy.

Ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears. --Gray.

3. (Physiol.) (a) Produced by sympathy; -- applied particularly to symptoms or affections. See Sympathy. (b) Of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system or some of its branches; produced by stimulation on the sympathetic nervious system or some part of it; as, the sympathetic saliva, a modified form of saliva, produced from some of the salivary glands by stimulation of a sympathetic nerve fiber.

Sympathetic ink. (Chem.) See under Ink.

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

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.

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.

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.
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Language Translation for : sympathetic
Spanish: compasivo; comprensivo,
German: mitfühlend,
Japanese: 思いやりのある
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Main Entry: 1sym·pa·thet·ic
Pronunciation: "sim-p&-'thet-ik
Function: adjective
1 : of or relating to thesympathetic nervous system
2 : mediated by or acting on the sympathetic nerves —sym·pa·thet·i·cal·ly /-i-k(&-)lE/ adverb

Main Entry: 2sympathetic
Function: noun
: a sympathetic structure; especially : SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
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sympathetic sym·pa·thet·ic (sĭm'pə-thět'ĭk)
adj.
Of, relating to, or acting on the sympathetic nervous system.

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