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Rareend organ
The correct spelling is end organ.
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noun
Say it like: End- or-gan
The correct spelling is end organ. A small organ at the terminal end of a nerve conduction pathway.
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Definition
noun
- 1.A small organ at the terminal end of a nerve conduction pathway.
- 2.The ultimately affected organ in a chain of events, such as a disease process (pathophysiology) or a drug's mechanism of action (sometimes called a target organ in this sense).
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