dense mass of nerve cells (Anatomy)
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Ganglion Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
A node, or gland in the lymphatic system; as, a lymphatic ganglion.
A node, or gland in the lymphatic system; as, a lymphatic ganglion.
(n.)
A mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, usually forming an enlargement in the course of a nerve.
A mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, usually forming an enlargement in the course of a nerve.
(n.)
A globular, hard, indolent tumor, situated somewhere on a tendon, and commonly formed by the effusion of a viscid fluid into it; -- called also weeping sinew.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA globular, hard, indolent tumor, situated somewhere on a tendon, and commonly formed by the effusion of a viscid fluid into it; -- called also weeping sinew.
ganglion
\gan"gli*on\ (?), n.; pl. l. ganglia (#), e. ganglions (#). [l. ganglion a sort of swelling or excrescence, a tumor under the skin, gr. &?;: cf. f. ganglion.]
1. (anat.) (a) a mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, usually forming an enlargement in the course of a nerve. (b) a node, or gland in the lymphatic system; as, a lymphatic ganglion.
2. (med.) a globular, hard, indolent tumor, situated somewhere on a tendon, and commonly formed by the effusion of a viscid fluid into it; -- called also weeping sinew.
ganglion
cell, a nerve cell. see illust. under bipolar.
ganglion
n : an encapsulated neural structure consisting of a collection of cell bodies or neurons
similar words(3)
gasserian ganglion
lymphatic ganglion
ganglion cell
Noun
1. an encapsulated neural structure consisting of a collection of cell bodies or neurons
(hypernym) neural structure
(hyponym) autonomic ganglion
(part-holonym) nervous system, systema nervosum
Ganglion Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
In anatomy, a ganglion ( ; plural ganglia) is a biological tissue mass, most commonly a mass of nerve cell bodies. Cells found in a ganglion are called ganglion cells, though this term is also sometimes used to refer specifically to retinal ganglion cells.
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Ganglion Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
( A knot or knotlike mass) A benign cystic tumour occurring on a aponeurosis or tendon, as in the wrist or dorsum of the foot, it consists of a thin fibrous capsule enclosing a clear mucinous fluid.
The 2nd century Roman physician Galen first used the word ganglion to denote a nerve complex. Ganglion currently refers to an aggregation of nerve cell bodies. Another use of the word ganglion is for a tendon cyst, commonly near the wrist.
A mass of nervous tissue, composed principally of nerve-cell bodies, usually lying outside the central nervous system<!-- (see) -->.
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