Definition of sympathetic
- a. - Inclined to sympathy; sympathizing.
- a. - Produced by, or expressive of, sympathy.
- a. - Produced by sympathy; -- applied particularly to
symptoms or affections. See Sympathy.
- a. - 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.