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ganglion pterygopalatinum (medicine) and widowhood (medicine)


ganglion pterygopalatinum (medicine)


ganglion pterygopalatinum -->
pterygopalatine ganglion


A small parasympathetic ganglion in the upper part of the pterygopalatine fossa whose postsynaptic fibres supply the lacrimal, nasal, palatine and pharyngeal glands.

Synonym: ganglion pterygopalatinum, Meckel's ganglion, nasal ganglion, sphenopalatine ganglion.


widowhood (medicine)


widowhood


1. The state of being a widow; the time during which a woman is widow; also, rarely, the state of being a widower. "Johnson clung to her memory during a widowhood of more than thirty years." (Leslie Stephen)

2. Estate settled on a widow. "I 'll assure her of her widowhood . . . In all my lands."

Source: Websters Dictionary