OTIC GANGLION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does otic ganglion mean? 

• OTIC GANGLION (noun)
  The noun OTIC GANGLION has 1 sense:

1. an autonomic ganglion whose postganglionic fibers are distributed to the parotid gland

  Familiarity information: OTIC GANGLION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OTIC GANGLION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An autonomic ganglion whose postganglionic fibers are distributed to the parotid gland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

otic ganglion; otoganglion

Hypernyms ("otic ganglion" is a kind of...):

autonomic ganglion (any of the ganglia of the autonomic system whose unmyelinated fibers innervate the internal organs)