ganglion

/หˆษกรฆล‹ษกli.ษ™n/

IPA: /G AE0 NG G L IY0 AA1 N/

noun
  1. 1

    An encapsulated collection of nerve-cell bodies, located outside the brain and spinal cord.

  2. 2

    Any of certain masses of gray matter in the brain, as the basal ganglia.

  3. 3

    (by extension) A centre of intellectual or industrial force, activity, etc.

  4. 4

    A cystic tumour on a tendon sheath or joint capsule; a ganglion cyst.

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