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ganglionic en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek γᾰγγλῐ́ον (gănglĭ́on)bor. English ganglion Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English ganglionic From ganglion + -ic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of, pertaining to, or composed of ganglia.
    • Episode 12, The Cyclops The distinguished scientist Herr Professor Luitpold Blumenduft tendered medical evidence to the effect that the instantaneous fracture of the cervical vertebrae and consequent scission of the spinal cord would, according to the best approved tradition of medical science, be calculated to inevitably produce in the human subject a violent ganglionic stimulus of the nerve centres of the genital apparatus...

Deriveds

normoganglionic · intraganglionic · aganglionic · postganglionic · interganglionic · polyganglionic · extraganglionic · nonganglionic · transganglionic · supraganglionic · monoganglionic · periganglionic · multiganglionic · preganglionic · paraganglionic