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sympathetic trunk

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.61 in modern English

Syllables
sym-pa-thet-ic trunk
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A string of ganglia running down each side of the spinal cord throughout most of its length, containing cell bodies of neurons that belong to the sympathetic nervous system and that project axons to muscles and glands.

Inflected Forms

sympathetic trunks (plural)

Synonyms

sympathetic chain

Questions

What does sympathetic trunk mean?
A string of ganglia running down each side of the spinal cord throughout most of its length, containing cell bodies of neurons that belong to the sympathetic nervous system and that project axons to muscles and glands.

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