English Explanatory Dictionary

parasympathetic nervous system

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of the divisions of the autonomic nervous system, based between the brain and the spinal cord, that slows the heart and relaxes muscles.

Word forms

parasympathetic nervous system parasympathetic nervous systems

Related words

central nervous system enteric nervous system sympathetic nervous system
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