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ganglionic

American  
[gang-glee-on-ik] / ˌgæŋ gliˈɒn ɪk /

adjective

Anatomy.
  1. of, relating to, or consisting of ganglia.


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Etymology

Origin of ganglionic

First recorded in 1820–30; ganglion + -ic


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Heterogeneity within mitotic progenitors in the ganglionic eminences is driven by a highly conserved maturation trajectory, alongside eminence-specific transcription factor expression that seeds the emergence of later diversity.

From Nature ● Mar. 4, 2018

Inan, M., Welagen, J. & Anderson, S. A. Spatial and temporal bias in the mitotic origins of somatostatin- and parvalbumin-expressing interneuron subgroups and the chandelier subtype in the medial ganglionic eminence.

From Nature ● Mar. 4, 2018

A postganglionic fiber—the axon from a ganglionic neuron that projects to the target effector—represents the output of a ganglion that directly influences the organ.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

Axons from these ganglionic neurons then project the short distance to those target effectors.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

The influence of Beecher over her would be ganglionic as well as intellectual; that of Tilton purely intellectual: when lo, a gust of ganglionic power would supervene on the latter, and carry all before it.

From Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis by Charles Maurice Davies

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