Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

postganglionic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables: post-gan-glion-ic
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Located distal or posterior to a ganglion.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English ganglionic English postganglionic From post- + ganglionic.

Inflected Forms

more postganglionic (comparative) most postganglionic (superlative)

Phrases

postganglionic axon

Questions

What does postganglionic mean?: Located distal or posterior to a ganglion.
Where does postganglionic come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English ganglionic English postganglionic From post- + ganglionic.

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