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synganglia

synganglia is the plural of synganglion.

Meaning of synganglion

Noun

synganglion (plural synganglia)

  1. A nerve mass located near the esophagus in certain ticks.
    • It is thought that amitraz is a potential agonist of the octopaminergic system located in the tick synganglion.2015 July 10, “SNP Analysis Infers that Recombination Is Involved in the Evolution of Amitraz Resistance in Rhipicephalus microplus”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about synganglia

What is synganglia the plural of?
Synganglia is the plural of synganglion.

Words near synganglia in the dictionary

  1. syngamic
  2. syngamid
  3. syngamids
  4. syngamous
  5. syngamy
  6. synganglia
  7. synganglial
  8. synganglion
  9. syngas
  10. syngases
  11. Synge

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