mimo-, mim-, -mimesis, -mimia, -mimetic, -mime, -mimic, -mimical, -mimically +
(Greek: mimic, mime; imitate, act; simulation)
psychotomimetic
1. A drug or substance that produces psychological and behavioral changes resembling those of psychosis; for example, LSD.
2. Tending to produce symptoms like those of a psychosis; hallucinatory as a result of some substance or drug.
2. Tending to produce symptoms like those of a psychosis; hallucinatory as a result of some substance or drug.
radiomimetic
Producing, or imitating, effects similar to those of ionizing radiations.
sympathicomimetic
Mimicking the effects of impulses conveyed by adrenergic postganglionic fibers (unmyelinated, or unsheathed, nerves) of the sympathetic nervous system.
sympathomimetic
1. A description of a drug that stimulates the sympathetic nervous system or produces physiological effects similar to it.
2. Producing effects resembling those of impulses transmitted by the postganglionic fibers of the sympathetic nervous system.
2. Producing effects resembling those of impulses transmitted by the postganglionic fibers of the sympathetic nervous system.
vagomimetic (adjective)
Resembling action caused by the stimulation of the vagus nerve.
