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A calcified mass in certain sites such as the prostate or seminal vesicles.  

The embryonic cells from which sympathetic nervous system cells are derived.  

A malignant tumor made up of sympathetic nerve cells.  

Having a special affinity for the sympathetic nerve.  

The crushing of a sympathetic ganglion.  

A disease or disordered function caused by a malfunction of the autonomic nervous system.  

One of the plexuses formed at intervals by the sympathetic nerves and ganglia.  

A condition marked by excessive tone of the sympathetic nervous system with unusually high blood pressure, fine tremor of the hands, and insomnia; the opposite of vagotonia. It may be present in thyrotoxic patients.  

Granulomatous inflammation of the uvea (choroid, ciliary body, and iris) as a complication of penetrating injury. Similar inflammation can occur in the unaffected eye (sympathizing eye).  

Any condition resulting from a disorder of the sympathetic nervous system.