otoganglion
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otoganglion — noun an autonomic ganglion whose postganglionic fibers are distributed to the parotid gland • Syn: ↑otic ganglion • Hypernyms: ↑autonomic ganglion … Useful english dictionary
Ganglion — The celebrated 2nd century Greek physician Galen ((c. 130 201 A.D.) who lived and worked in Rome first used the word ganglion to denote a nerve complex. Ganglion still is used to refer to an aggregation of nerve cell bodies. Another use of the… … Medical dictionary
autonomic ganglion — noun any of the ganglia of the autonomic system whose unmyelinated fibers innervate the internal organs • Hypernyms: ↑ganglion • Hyponyms: ↑otic ganglion, ↑otoganglion • Part Holonyms: ↑autonomic nervous system, ↑ANS … Useful english dictionary
otic ganglion — noun an autonomic ganglion whose postganglionic fibers are distributed to the parotid gland • Syn: ↑otoganglion • Hypernyms: ↑autonomic ganglion * * * noun : a small autonomic ganglion on the mandibular nerve just below the foramen ovale … Useful english dictionary
