adj 1  :  relating to or being branches of a bodily part < sprouting of nerves>   2  :  relating to or being part of the collateral circulation < circulatory vessels>  < blood flow> 
n 1  :  a branch esp. of a blood vessel, nerve, or the axon of a nerve cell <excitation of axon s>   2  :  a bodily part (as a ligament) that is lateral in position .
 
   
 
Similar sounding terms:  glu·ta·ryl 
 
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