Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

meckel's ganglion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: meck-el's -gan-glion
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of pterygopalatine ganglion.

Etymology

Named after German anatomist Johann Friedrich Meckel (1781–1833).

Inflected Forms

Meckel's ganglia (plural)

Synonyms

pterygopalatine ganglion

Questions

What does meckel's ganglion mean?: Synonym of pterygopalatine ganglion.
Where does meckel's ganglion come from?: Named after German anatomist Johann Friedrich Meckel (1781–1833).

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