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OTOGANGLION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An autonomic ganglion whose postganglionic fibers are distributed to the parotid gland
Synonyms:
otic ganglion; otoganglion
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("otoganglion" is a kind of...):
autonomic ganglion (any of the ganglia of the autonomic system whose unmyelinated fibers innervate the internal organs)