Bidder's ganglion

noun

Bid·​der's ganglion

ˈbi-dərz-

: a nerve-cell ganglion in the vicinity of the atrioventricular groove in frogs

Word History

Etymology

after Friedrich H. Bidder †1894 German physician

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