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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

;

pl. L.

Ganglia

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, E.

Ganglions

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[L.

ganglion

a sort of swelling or excrescence, a tumor under the skin, Gr. [GREEK]: cf. F.

ganglion

(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

(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

Noun.

In anatomy, a small circumscribed tumor, found in certain parts of the nervous system.

In surgery, a movable tumor formed on the tendons, generally about the wrist.