parasympathicolytic

English

Adjective

parasympathicolytic (comparative more parasympathicolytic, superlative most parasympathicolytic)

1. Alternative form of parasympatholytic
   • 1947, British Abstracts, page 161:

     The parasympathicolytic action of camphor on the vagus is localised in the postganglionic fibres and is comparable with the action of atropine.

   • 1970, Acta Physiologica, page 411:

     TK is not a central parasympathicolytic antiparkinson agent; moreover, it has no central nervous effect and no parasympathicolytic action in isolated organs.

   • 1996, Summary Technical Report of Division 9, page 476:

     TL 301 possesses parasympathicolytic action, slowly blocking vagal inhibition of the heart in the anesthetized rabbit in doses of 20 to 30 mg kg given intravenously.

Noun

parasympathicolytic (plural parasympathicolytics)

1. Alternative form of parasympatholytic
   • 1950, Acta Physiologica et Pharmacologica Neerlandica, page 29:

     Because of this activity, which occurs regardless of the innervation, the spasmolytic action is not accompanied by the side effects, due to stimulation or inhibition of other organs, which are regularly observed in the case of parasympathicolytics, sympathicomimetics, etc.

   • 2001, J.B.M. Kuks, H.J.G.H. Oosterhuis, “Disorders of the Neuromuscular Junction: Outcome Measures and Clinical Scales”, in Roberto J. Guiloff, editor, Clinical Trials in Neurology, Springer-Verlag London, →ISBN, page 487:

     Muscarinic side effects such as salivation, abdominal cramps and diarrhoea can be counteracted with parasympathicolytics.

   • 2013, Daniel Kondziella, Gunhild Waldemar, Neurology at the Bedside, Springer-Verlag London, →ISBN, page 117:

     Prior to examination of the comatose patient, make sure that all vital functions are secured according to the ABC approach. Then start with an external inspection and look for trauma (e.g., revealed by retroauricular and periorbital subcutaneous hemorrhages) and signs of intoxication (e.g., cherry-red skin coloration such as in carbon monoxide poisoning; mydriasis with sympathicomimetics, e.g., cocaine; or parasympathicolytics, e.g., atropine; miosis with opioids) or drug abuse (e.g., injection sites).