paraganglion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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

Word forms

paraganglion paraganglia

Etymology

From para- + ganglion.

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