SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • originates in the thoracic regions of the spinal cord
   • opposes physiological effects of the parasympathetic: reduces digestive secretions
   • speeds the heart
   • contracts blood vessels
   Hypernyms(s) sympathetic nervous system is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • nervous system (what does nervous system mean?)
   • systema nervosum (what does systema nervosum mean?)