Medical Definition of Neuroganglion
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)
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