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Postganglionic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Posterior or distal to a ganglion.

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adj. Located distal or posterior to a ganglion

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Noting the region behind or posterior to a ganglion, as nerve-fibers which are about to pass through a ganglion.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. beyond or distal to a ganglion (referring especially to the unmyelinated fibers that originate from cells in autonomic ganglia)

Word Usage

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Form

postganglionic axon

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