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sympathetic chain

noun

Medical Definition of SYMPATHETIC CHAIN

:  either of the pair of ganglionated longitudinal cords of the sympathetic nervous system of which one is situated on each side of the spinal column—called also sympathetic trunk; compare vertebral ganglion

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