symˌpathicoˈtropic, a. Pharm.
(-ˈtrəʊpɪk, -ˈtrɒpɪk)
[f. sympathico- + -tropic.]
Possessing an affinity for the sympathetic nervous system. Also ˌsympathoˈtropic a., in the same sense.
| 1914 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 22 Aug. 619/2 Epinephrin..affects especially the sympathetic... It is therefore spoken of as a sympathicotropic drug. 1964 Internat. Jrnl. Neuropharmacol. III. 217 When evaluating the effect of indirectly acting sympathotropic substances one must first ascertain whether the tissue stores endogenous catecholamines. 1975 Acta Biol. Med. Germanica XXXIV. 661 (heading) The action of sympathicotropic substances upon liver microsomes in vivo and in vitro. |