Synganglion

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A nerve mass located near the esophagus in certain ticks.

    "It is thought that amitraz is a potential agonist of the octopaminergic system located in the tick synganglion."

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"It is thought that amitraz is a potential agonist of the octopaminergic system located in the tick synganglion."

Etymology

From syn- + ganglion.

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