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Ganglionic

Ganˊgli-on′ic

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
ganglionique
.]
(Anat.)
Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, ganglia or ganglion cells;
as, a
ganglionic
artery; the
ganglionic
columns of the spinal cord.

Definition 2024


ganglionic

ganglionic

English

Adjective

ganglionic (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or composed of ganglia
    • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses 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...