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ptyalagogue (medicine)


ptyalagogue -->
sialagogue


1. Promoting the flow of saliva.

2. An agent having this action (e.g., anticholinesterase agents).

Synonym: ptyalagogue, sialogogue.

Origin: sial-+ G. Agogos, drawing forth


ganglion isthmi (medicine)


ganglion isthmi -->
interpeduncular nucleus


A median, unpaired, ovoid cell group at the base of the midbrain tegmentum between the cerebral peduncles; it receives the retroflex fasciculus from the habenula, and projects to the raphe region (raphe nuclei) and periaqueductal gray substance of the midbrain.

Synonym: nucleus interpeduncularis, ganglion isthmi, Gudden's ganglion, intercrural ganglion, interpeduncular ganglion.