Ganglion

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Anatomy A group of nerve cells forming a nerve center, especially one located outside the brain or spinal cord.
  • n. A center of power, activity, or energy.
  • n. Pathology A benign cystic lesion resembling a tumor, occurring in a tendon sheath or joint capsule.
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  • n. A mass of tissue.
  • n. A cluster of interconnecting nerve cells outside the brain.
  • n. A centre of power or authority
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n.
  • n. A mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, usually forming an enlargement in the course of a nerve.
  • n. A node, or gland in the lymphatic system.
  • 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An enlargement in the course of a nerve, containing or consisting of a collection of ganglion-cells; any assembly of ganglion-cells.
  • n. A knot or enlargement on a lymphatic; a lymphatic gland. See cut under lymphatic.—
  • n. In pathology:
  • n. An encysted enlargement in connection with the sheath of a tendon: called simple ganglion.
  • n. Inflammation, with effusion into one or more sheaths of tendons: called diffuse ganglion.
  • n. An enlarged bursa.
  • n. In botany, the mycelium of certain fungals.
  • n. The superior ganglion, or ganglion of the root of the pneumogastric nerve, in its passage through the jugular foramen.
  • n. The lower ganglion, or ganglion of the trunk. Also vagus ganglion.
  • n. Same as Gasserian ganglion.
  • n. In cephalopods, same as stellate ganglion .
  • n. In cephalopods, a large flat ganglion lying on the inner surface of the mouth, in front of the gill.
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  • n. an encapsulated neural structure consisting of a collection of cell bodies or neurons
    • Variant
    ganglia    weeping sinew   
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