ganglionic

ganglionic

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

    From ganglion + -ic.

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    ganglionic (not comparable)

    1. Of, pertaining to, or composed of ganglia.
      • 1922 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
        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...

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