Ganglion Definition

găngglē-ən
ganglia, ganglions
noun
A mass of nerve cells serving as a center from which nerve impulses are transmitted.
Webster's New World
A center of force, energy, activity, etc.
Webster's New World
A cystic tumor on a tendon sheath.
Webster's New World
(neuroanatomy)
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Ganglion

Noun

Singular:
ganglion
Plural:
ganglia, ganglions

Origin of Ganglion

  • From Ancient Greek γάγγλιον (ganglion, “encysted tumour on a tendon, anything gathered into a ball”).

    From Wiktionary

  • From Greek cystlike tumor, nerve bundle

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Ganglion Sentence Examples

  • D, Oesophageal ganglion connected with the buccal.

  • Actaeon is prosobranchiate, the visceral commissure is twisted in Actaeon and Chilina, and even slightly still in Bulla and Scaphander; in Actaeon and Limacina the osphradium is to the left, innervated by the supra-intestinal ganglion.

  • The euthyneurous visceral loop is long, and presents only one ganglion (in Aplysia camelus, but two distinct ganglia joined to one another in Aplysia hybrida of the English coast), placed at its extreme limit, representing both the right and left visceral ganglia and the third or abdominal ganglion, which are so often separately present.

  • It is also seen to be connected with a more remote ganglion - the genital.

  • Spengel's observation of the osphradium and its nervesupply in these forms; the nerve to that organ, which is placed somewhat anteriorly - on the dorsal surface - being given off from the hinder part (visceral) of the right compound ganglion - the fellow to that marked A in fig.

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Words Starting With

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