Usually means: Nerves connecting CNS to ganglia.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. preganglionic: Merriam-Webster
  2. preganglionic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. preganglionic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. preganglionic: Wordnik
  5. preganglionic: Wiktionary
  6. preganglionic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. preganglionic: Dictionary.com
  8. Preganglionic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. preganglionic: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. preganglionic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. preganglionic: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (preganglionic)

▸ adjective:  (anatomy) Describing the nerve fibres that supply a ganglion
▸ noun:  Such a neuron

Similar:
pre-ganglionic, normoganglionic, ganglioneuroblastomatous, hypoganglionated, sympathetic, neuroglandular, adneural, geniculorecipient, geniculate, paraneuronal, more...

Opposite:
postganglionic, efferent

Types:
cholinergic, adrenergic, more...

Phrases:
preganglionic fibers, preganglionic neurons, preganglionic cell, preganglionic n's, preganglionic ns, more...

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Similar:
pre-ganglionic, normoganglionic, ganglioneuroblastomatous, hypoganglionated, sympathetic, neuroglandular, adneural, geniculorecipient, geniculate, paraneuronal, more...

Opposite:
postganglionic, efferent

Types:
cholinergic, adrenergic, more...

Phrases:
preganglionic fibers, preganglionic neurons, preganglionic cell, preganglionic n's, preganglionic ns, Preganglionic nerve fibers, more...



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