definitions

sensory ganglion

n.

A cluster of primary sensory neurons forming a swelling in the course of a peripheral nerve or its dorsal root and establishing the sole afferent neural connection between the sensory periphery and the central nervous system.

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Nearby words

sensory, sensory aphasia, sensory cortex, sensory deprivation, sensory epilepsy, sensory ganglion, sensory image, sensory nerve, sensory neuron, sensory neuronopathy, sensory paralysis
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