Relating to or named after Johann Laurentius Gasser, particularly the gasserian ganglion, a nerve cluster in the skull.
From Johann Laurentius Gasser (Austrian anatomist, 1723-1765) plus -ian (denoting relation or belonging). Used primarily in anatomical terminology.
The gasserian ganglion is named after an 18th-century anatomist, and it's a perfect example of how anatomy students learn dead doctors' names more than function—they memorize Gasser's ganglion without wondering why it matters.
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