- Ludwig ganglion nerve
- Lud·wig ganglion, nerve (loodґvik) [Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig, German physiologist, 1816–1895] see under ganglion, and see Cyon nerve under nerve.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Ludwig ganglion nerve
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