- ganglion thoracicum splanchnicum
- [TA] splanchnic thoracic ganglion: a small ganglion formed on the greater thoracic splanchnic nerve near the twelfth thoracic vertebra; called also ganglion splanchnicum and splanchnic g.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
ganglion thoracicum splanchnicum
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