ganglion
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ganglion
- /ˈɡæŋ.ɡli.ən/
Rhymes with -æŋɡliən
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Borrowed from Ancient Greek γᾰγγλῐ́ον (gănglĭ́on, “encysted tumour on a tendon or aponeurosis”).
noun ganglia · ganglions
- An encapsulated collection of nerve cell bodies, typically linked by synapses, and often forming a swelling on a nerve fiber. [T]he wonderfully diversified instincts, mental powers, and affections of ants are generally known, yet their cerebral ganglia are not so large as the quarter of a small pin's head.
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Any of certain masses of gray matter in the central nervous system, as the basal ganglia.
The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy. Science has a passable knowledge of how individual nerve cells, known as neurons, work. It also knows which visible lobes and ganglia of the brain do what. But how the neurons are or
Similar: nucleus
- A centre of intellectual or industrial force, activity, etc.
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A benign cystic tumour on a tendon sheath or joint capsule.
Similar: ganglion cyst
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noun collection of nerve cell bodies outside the brain
| Español | ganglio |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 神経節 shinkeisetsu |
| 中文 | 神經節 /神经节 shénjīngjié |
| Français | ganglion |
| Deutsch | Ganglion, Nervenknoten |
| Română | ganglion |
| Русский | га́нглий gánglij |
| العربية | عُقْدَة عَصَبِيَّة ʕuqda ʕaṣabiyya |
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title = {ganglion},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ganglion},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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