Medical Dictionary

postganglionic

adj post·gan·gli·on·ic \ˌpōst-ˌgaŋ-glē-ˈän-ik\

Medical Definition of POSTGANGLIONIC

:  distal to a ganglion; specifically :  of, relating to, or being an axon arising from a cell body within an autonomic ganglion—compare preganglionic

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