Medical Dictionary

celiac ganglion

noun

Medical Definition of CELIAC GANGLION

:  either of a pair of collateral sympathetic ganglia that are the largest of the autonomic nervous system and lie one on each side of the celiac artery near the adrenal gland on the same side

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