Ganglionic
adj ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Of, pertaining to, or composed of ganglia. not-comparable
"Episode 12, The Cyclops The distinguished scientist Herr Professor Luitpold Blumenduft tendered medical evidence to the effect that the instantaneous fracture of the cervical vertebrae and consequent scission of the spinal cord would, according to the best approved tradition of medical science, be calculated to inevitably produce in the human subject a violent ganglionic stimulus of the nerve centres of the genital apparatus..."
Example
More examples"Episode 12, The Cyclops The distinguished scientist Herr Professor Luitpold Blumenduft tendered medical evidence to the effect that the instantaneous fracture of the cervical vertebrae and consequent scission of the spinal cord would, according to the best approved tradition of medical science, be calculated to inevitably produce in the human subject a violent ganglionic stimulus of the nerve centres of the genital apparatus..."
Etymology
From ganglion + -ic.
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