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paraganglion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
para-gan-glion
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chromaffin body; a small group of chromaphil cells in the abdomen, connected with the ganglia of the sympathetic trunk and the ganglia of the celiac, renal, adrenal, aortic and hypogastric plexuses

Etymology

From para- + ganglion.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

paraganglia (plural)

Derived Forms

paraganglioma

Frequently Paired Words

paraganglial

Rhymes With

ganglion pseudoganglion neuroganglion

Questions

What does paraganglion mean?
A chromaffin body; a small group of chromaphil cells in the abdomen, connected with the ganglia of the sympathetic trunk and the ganglia of the celiac, renal, adrenal, aortic and hypogastric plexuses
Where does paraganglion come from?
From para- + ganglion.

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