GANGLIONIC

Definition: GANGLIONIC

GANGLIONIC

Adjective

1. Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, ganglia or ganglion cells; as, a ganglionic artery; the ganglionic columns of the spinal cord.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Etymology: Ganglionic \Gan`gli*on"ic\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression ganglionique.]. (Websters 1913)

Crosswords: GANGLIONIC

English words defined with "GANGLIONIC": Coenesthesis ♦ Ganglial, Ganglionary ♦ Multipolar ♦ Vesicular column. (references)

Specialty definitions using "GANGLIONIC": Antihypertensive Agents, Arecoline ♦ Chlorisondamine ♦ Ganglionic Blockers, Ganglionic Stimulants ♦ Hexamethonium, Hexamethonium Compounds ♦ Mecamylamine, Methonium Compounds ♦ Pempidine, Pentolinium Tartrate ♦ Receptors, Nicotinic ♦ Trimethaphan. (references)

Etymologies containing "GANGLIONIC": Aganglionic. (references)

Top

Usage Frequency: GANGLIONIC

"GANGLIONIC" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "GANGLIONIC" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	7	133,076

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Top

Expression: GANGLIONIC

Expressions using "GANGLIONIC": Ganglionic Blockers ♦ ganglionic column ♦ Ganglionic Stimulants. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "GANGLIONIC": post-ganglionic.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top

Frequency of Internet Keywords: GANGLIONIC

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
ganglionic cyst	17
basal cortical degeneration ganglionic	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top

Modern Translations: GANGLIONIC

Language		Translations for "GANGLIONIC"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		ganglietumor (ganglionic tumour), stratum gangliosum cerebelli (ganglionic layer, ganglionic layer of cerebellum), colliculus ganglionaris (ganglionic colliculus). (various references)

Dutch		ganglionaire tumor (ganglionic tumour), stratum gangliosum cerebelli (ganglionic layer, ganglionic layer of cerebellum). (various references)

French		tumeur ganglionnaire (ganglionic tumour), crête ganglionnaire (ganglionic colliculus), couche des cellules de Purkinje (ganglionic layer, ganglionic layer of cerebellum). (various references)

German		Ganglienhuegel (ganglionic colliculus), Stratum gangliosum cerebelli (ganglionic layer, ganglionic layer of cerebellum), Stratum gangliosum (ganglionic layer, ganglionic layer of cerebellum), Drüsengeschwulst (ganglionic tumour), Colliculus ganglionaris (ganglionic colliculus). (various references)

Greek		όγκος των γαγγλίων (ganglionic tumour), γαγγλιακό λοφίδιο (ganglionic colliculus). (various references)

Italian		tumore dei gangli (ganglionic tumour), strato gangliare del cervelletto (ganglionic layer, ganglionic layer of cerebellum). (various references)

Pig Latin		anglionicgay.(various references)

Portuguese		tumor ganglionario (ganglionic tumour). (various references)

Spanish		tumor ganglionar (ganglionic tumour), colículo ganglionar (ganglionic colliculus). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Top

Derivations: GANGLIONIC

Derivations
	Words ending with "GANGLIONIC": postganglionic, preganglionic. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Top

Rhyming with "GANGLIONIC"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "GANGLIONIC" (pronounced ga'ngglēÄ"nik)
6	-l ē Ä" n i k	nucleonic.
5	-ē Ä" n i k	avionic, embryonic, histrionic.
4	-Ä" n i k	allophonic, bubonic, catatonic, chronic, conic, demonic, diatonic, electronic, gnomonic, harmonic, hedonic, hegemonic, hydroponic, hypersonic, hypertonic, ionic, ironic, isoelectronic, isotonic, laconic, leptonic, masonic, microelectronic, mnemonic, monophonic, ovonic, pharaonic, philharmonic, phonic, planktonic, platonic, plutonic, pneumonic, polyphonic, sardonic, sonic, supersonic, symphonic, synchronic, tectonic, telephonic, tonic, ultrasonic.
3	-n i k	arsenic, beatnik, botanic, calisthenic, carcinogenic, clinic, cynic, Dominick, ethnic, eugenic, galvanic, germanic, hallucinogenic, inorganic, kibbutznik, manic, mechanic, messianic, monoclinic, multiethnic, neotenic, oceanic, organic, orogenic, panic, pathogenic, photogenic, polytechnic, psychogenic, pyrotechnic, refusenik, satanic, scenic, schizophrenic, splenic, Sputnik, technic, telegenic, Titanic, transgenic, transoceanic, tunic, tympanic, volcanic.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Top

Anagrams: GANGLIONIC

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-g-g-i-i-l-n-n-o"
	-2 letters: aligning, clanging, clinging, coigning, congaing, ganglion, glancing, incaging, inlacing, logician.
	-3 letters: alining, angling, anionic, cannoli, cloning, coaling, coiling, coining, gaining, gaoling, goaling, ingoing, lancing, loaning, longing, nailing.
	-4 letters: agonic, ailing, alnico, anilin, caging, caning, congii, coning, gingal, lacing, lignin, lining, loggia, longan, niacin, nilgai, noggin, ogling, oilcan, oiling.
	-5 letters: acing, acini, aging, aioli, algin, align, aloin, along, ancon, anion, canon, cilia, clang, cling, coign, colin, conga, conin, going, gonia, icing, iliac, incog, inion, ionic, liang, ligan, linac, linga, lingo, linin, logan, logia, logic, nicol.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-g-g-i-i-l-n-n-o"
	+3 letters: preganglionic.
	+4 letters: agglutinogenic, conglutinating, postganglionic.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.