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Definition of Ganglion

1. Noun. An encapsulated neural structure consisting of a collection of cell bodies or neurons.

Definition of Ganglion

1. n. A mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, usually forming an enlargement in the course of a nerve.

Definition of Ganglion

1. Noun. (anatomy) A mass of tissue. ¹

2. Noun. (neuroanatomy) A cluster of interconnecting nerve cells outside the brain. ¹

3. Noun. (by extension) A centre of power or authority ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ganglion

1. a group of nerve cells [n -GLIA or -GLIONS]

Medical Definition of Ganglion

1. 1. A knot or knotlike mass. 2. A general term for a group of nerve cell bodies located outside the central nervous system, occasionally applied to certain nuclear groups within the brain or spinal cord, for example basal ganglia. 3. 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. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ganglion

Literary usage of Ganglion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"They join the short ciliary nerves from the ciliary ganglion, pierce the ... With the first division is connected the ophthalmic ganglion ; with the second ..."

2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Lingual ganglion, a swelling on the carotid plexus, in relation with the lingual ... Otic ganglion, Arnold's ganglion, a small flattened oval swelling lying ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1890)
"Although in sharks the ciliary ganglion often lay in close contact with the motor ... In skates the ganglion was usually more intimately related with the ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"The inhibiting nerve was traced anatomically to the ganglion, which it joins ... The junction of the accelerator nerve with the ganglion has not so far been ..."

5. Medical lexicon by Robley Dunglison (1860)
"ganglion or RIBES. A nervous ganglion upon the anterior communicating artery of ... Inflammation of a nervous ganglion. Sometime« used for inflammation of a ..."

6. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"They join the short ciliary nerves from the ciliary ganglion, pierce the ... With the first division is connected the ophthalmic ganglion ; with the second ..."

7. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Lingual ganglion, a swelling on the carotid plexus, in relation with the lingual ... Otic ganglion, Arnold's ganglion, a small flattened oval swelling lying ..."

8. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1890)
"Although in sharks the ciliary ganglion often lay in close contact with the motor ... In skates the ganglion was usually more intimately related with the ..."

9. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"The inhibiting nerve was traced anatomically to the ganglion, which it joins ... The junction of the accelerator nerve with the ganglion has not so far been ..."

10. Medical lexicon by Robley Dunglison (1860)
"ganglion or RIBES. A nervous ganglion upon the anterior communicating artery of ... Inflammation of a nervous ganglion. Sometime« used for inflammation of a ..."

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