syn-, sy-, sym-, syl-, sys-
(Greek: with, together with; also by extension: united; same, similar; at the same time)
sympathicotripsy
1. Operation of crushing the sympathetic ganglion.
2. The surgical crushing of a nerve, ganglion, or plexus of the sympathetic nervous system.
sympathicotrope
sympathicotropic
sympathicus
sympathin
sympathism
sympathism, sympathist
1. Susceptibility to hypnotic influence; suggestibility.
2. The alleged transfer of feelings from one person to another.
sympathist
sympathize
sympathoadrenal
Relating to the sympathetic part of the autonomic nervous system and the medulla of the adrenal gland, as the postganglionic neurons.
sympathoblast, sympathicoblast
An embryonic cell that develops into a sympathetic nerve cell.
sympathoblastoma, sympathicoblastoma
A neuroblastoma arising in one of the ganglia of the sympathetic nervous system.
sympathogone
A single cell of the kind referred to collectively as sympathogonia or primitive cells of the sympathetic nervous system.
sympathogonia (pl)
Primitive cells of the sympathetic nervous system derived from neuroblasts of the neural crest.
They have dense nuclei, rich in chromatin, and only a thin rim of cytoplasm, and differentiate to form along one line ganglion cells and along another line chromaffin cells.
sympathogonioma, neuroblastoma
A leading childhood form of cancer that arises in the adrenal gland or in tissue in the nervous system that is related to the adrenal gland.
It is considered to be the most common solid tumor outside the brain in infants and children.
Related-word units meaning same:
auto-;
equ-;
homeo-;
homo-;
iso-;
pari-;
peer-;
tauto-.
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