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  • 21sympathetic — index charitable (lenient), concerted, concordant, consensual, lenient, open (persuasible), pati …

    Law dictionary

  • 22sympathetic perception — index discretion (quality of being discreet) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 23sympathetic strike — UK US noun [C] HR, WORKPLACE ► SYMPATHY STRIKE(Cf. ↑sympathy strike) …

    Financial and business terms

  • 24sympathetic symptom — sympathetic pain or other disorder in a part separate from the part that is the seat of disease …

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  • 25sympathetic — 1640s, pertaining to sympathy, from Mod.L. sympatheticus, from Gk. sympathetikos, from sympathein, from sympathes having a fellow feeling, affected by like feelings (see SYMPATHY (Cf. sympathy)). Meaning having fellow feeling is recorded from… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 26sympathetic — 1 *consonant, congenial, congruous, compatible, consistent Analogous words: agreeing, harmonizing or harmonious, accordant, correspondent (see corresponding verbs at AGREE) 2 *tender, compassionate, warm, warmhearted, responsive Analogous words:… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 27sympathetic — ► ADJECTIVE 1) feeling, showing, or expressing sympathy. 2) showing approval of an idea or action. 3) pleasing, likeable, or sensitively designed. 4) Physiology referring to the part of the autonomic nervous system supplying the internal organs,… …

    English terms dictionary

  • 28sympathetic ink — n. INVISIBLE INK …

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  • 29Sympathetic nervous system — Infobox Anatomy Name = Sympathetic nervous system Caption = The sympathetic nervous system extends from the thoracic to lumbar vertebrae and has connections with the thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic plexuses. Mesh = Sympathetic+Nervous+SystemThe… …

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  • 30Sympathetic trunk — Nerve: Sympathetic trunk Abdominal portion of the sympathetic trunk, with the celiac plexus and hypogastric plexus. (Sympathetic trunk labeled at center left.) …

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