otic ganglion

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

   Synonymsotoganglion

   Broaderautonomic ganglion

Questions about otic ganglion

What does otic ganglion mean?

otic ganglion means "an autonomic ganglion whose postganglionic fibers are distributed to the parotid gland".

What is another word for otic ganglion?

Close synonyms include otoganglion. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is otic ganglion a common word?

otic ganglion is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.