syn-, sy-, sym-, syl-, sys-
(Greek: with, together with; also by extension: united; same, similar; at the same time)
sympathogonium (s)
Undifferentiated embryonic cells that develop into sympathetic nerve cells.
sympatholytic
1. Denoting antagonism (interaction between chemicals in which one partially or completely inhibits the effect of the other) to or inhibition of adrenergic nerve activity.
sympathomimetic
1. A description of a drug that stimulates the sympathetic nervous system or produces physiological effects similar to it.
2. Producing effects resembling those of impulses transmitted by the postganglionic fibers of the sympathetic nervous system.
sympathy, sympathize, sympathizer
1. Sharing of a compassion for another person’s thoughts, feelings, and experiences.
2. An influence produced in any organ by disease or disorder in another part.
3. A relation which exists between the mind and the body, causing the one to be affected by the other.
Sympathy
1. What a girl offers to another in exchange for details.
2. A quality that’s never wasted except when you give it to yourself.
3. What you give to someone when you don’t want to loan him/her any money.
—Based on quotes by Evan Esar
sympatria
In biology, occurring in the same geographical region, or in overlapping regions.
sympectothiene
sympectothion
sympetalous
Having the petals united; gamopetalous.
sympexion
symphalangia
Congenital (present at birth) end-to-end fusion of contiguous phalanges of a digit.
symphalangism
Ankylosis, or fusion, of bones across the finger or toe joints.
Symphalangus syndactylus
A large black gibbon of Sumatra having the second and third toes which are partially united by a web or the two fingers on each hand are fused together.
symphalangy
A condition in which the middle phalanx of a finger or toe is properly developed in length but its proximal (or distal) joint is imperfect or absent.
symphile
symphilous
Related-word units meaning same:
auto-;
equ-;
homeo-;
homo-;
iso-;
pari-;
peer-;
tauto-.
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