ganglion
IPA: gæŋgɫiˈɑn
noun
- (neuroanatomy)
- An encapsulated collection of nerve cell bodies, typically linked by synapses, and often forming a swelling on a nerve fiber.
- Any of certain masses of gray matter in the central nervous system, as the basal ganglia.
- (transferred sense) A centre of intellectual or industrial force, activity, etc.
- (pathology) A benign cystic tumour on a tendon sheath or joint capsule.
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Examples of "ganglion" in Sentences
- A ganglion is a node in a nerve.
- Ganglion type nicotinic receptor.
- Inferior ganglion of vagus nerve.
- Retinal ganglion cell physiology.
- Sensory root of ciliary ganglion.
- Parasympathetic root of ciliary ganglion.
- Inferior ganglion of glossopharyngeal nerve.
- Superior ganglion of glossopharyngeal nerve.
- A ganglion cell is a cell found in a ganglion.
- The stellate ganglion lies in front of the neck of the first rib.
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