Definition of Ganglionic

1. a. Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, ganglia or ganglion cells; as, a ganglionic artery; the ganglionic columns of the spinal cord.

Definition of Ganglionic

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or composed of ganglia ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ganglionic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Ganglionic

1. Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, ganglia or ganglion cells; as, a ganglionic artery; the ganglionic columns of the spinal cord. Origin: Cf. F. Ganglionique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ganglionic

ganglion superius nervi vagi
ganglion terminale
ganglion trigeminale
ganglion tympanicum
ganglion vertebrale
ganglion vestibulare
ganglionary
ganglionated
ganglionectomies
ganglionectomy
ganglioneuroblastoma
ganglioneuroma
ganglioneuromas
ganglioneuromata
ganglioneuromatosis
ganglionic (current term)
ganglionic blockade
ganglionic blockers
ganglionic blocking agent
ganglionic branch of internal carotid artery
ganglionic branches of lingual nerve
ganglionic branches of maxillary nerve
ganglionic crest
ganglionic layer of cerebellar cortex
ganglionic layer of cerebral cortex
ganglionic layer of optic nerve
ganglionic layer of retina
ganglionic motor neuron
ganglionic saliva
ganglionic stimulants

Literary usage of Ganglionic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Principles of Mental Physiology: With Their Applications to the Training and by William Benjamin Carpenter (1883)
"And to no part of the organization of Animals is this view more applicable, than it is to the Nervous apparatus ; for the different ganglionic centres which ..."

2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1910)
"One of these systems has been named the central ganglionic system, and the vessels belonging to it supply the central ganglia of the brain; the other has ..."

3. A Manual of Histology by Thomas Edward Satterthwaite (1881)
"processes} which divide and subdivide, and, it is said, form a network which unites with a similar one proceeding from the ganglionic bodies of the ..."

4. Elements of Physiology by Joh. Müller (1843)
"I expressed* my conviction, not merely that the commonly received notions respecting the supposed use of the connections of the ganglionic with other nerves ..."

5. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1836)
"163,) after stating the more important doctrines of preceding physiologists* regarding the ganglionic system of nerves, we gave an abstract of M. ..."

6. Manual of Human Histology by Albert Kölliker, George Busk (1853)
"The ganglionic nerves are neither a wholly independent part of the nervous system ... Upon comparing the ganglionic nerves with the cerebro-spinal, we find, ..."

7. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1900)
"The layer of ganglionic cells is over the retina generally a single layer of nerve ... These ganglionic cells are far less numerous than the optic fibres, ..."

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