See Also: ganglion submandibulare(medicine)
ramus sympatheticus ad ganglion submandibulare(medicine)
trigonum submandibulare(medicine)
whistling(2)(dictionary)
whistling(1)(dictionary)
whistling rale(medicine)
whistling deformity(medicine)
whistling swan(encyclopedia)
Whistling Arrow - Archery(gambling)
whistling face syndrome(medicine)

whistling(2) (iou) and ganglion submandibulare (medicine)


whistling(2) (iou)



whistling verbal noun. OE.
[from WHISTLE verb + -ING1.]
The action of WHISTLE verb; an instance of this.
Comb.: whistling-shop arch. slang a room in a prison where spirits were secretly sold without a licence (a whistle being given to escape detection).

ganglion submandibulare (medicine)


ganglion submandibulare -->
submandibular ganglion


A small parasympathetic ganglion suspended from the lingual nerve; its postganglionic branches go to the submandibular and sublingual glands; its preganglionic fibres come from the superior salvatory nucleus by way of the chorda tympani.

Synonym: ganglion submandibulare, submaxillary ganglion.