Thesaurus: ganglion

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1. n. A mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, usually forming an enlargement in the course of a nerve.
2. n. A node, or gland in the lymphatic system; as, a lymphatic ganglion.
3. 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.
4. n. an encapsulated neural structure consisting of a collection of cell bodies or neurons
5. 1. (Anat.) (a) A mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, usually forming an enlargement in the course of a nerve. (b) A node, or gland in the lymphatic system; as, a lymphatic ganglion. 2. (Med.) 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. Ganglion cell, a nerve cell. See Illust. under Bipolar.
6. A globular, hard, indolent tumor, situated somewhere on atendon, and commonly formed by the effusion of a viscid fluid intoit; -- called also weeping sinew. Ganglion cell, a nerve cell. SeeIllust. under Bipolar.
7. n:100 n. an encapsulated neural structure consisting of a collection of cell bodies or neurons