suboesophageal ganglion

noun

sub·​oesophageal ganglion

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: a ganglionic mass formed in an insect by the fusion of the nerve ganglia of the 4th, 5th and 6th body segments

Word History

Etymology

suboesophageal from sub- + oesophageal

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