paraganglion
Meanings
noun
- A chromaffin body; a small group of chromaphil cells in the abdomen, connected with the ganglia of the sympathetic trunk and the ganglia of the celiac, renal, adrenal, aortic and hypogastric plexuses
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Etymology
From para- + ganglion.
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