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synganglion

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English

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Etymology

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From syn- +‎ ganglion.

Noun

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synganglion (plural synganglia)

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