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/ˈɡæŋ.ɡli.ən/
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An encapsulated collection of nerve cell bodies, typically linked by synapses, and often forming a swelling on a nerve fiber.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences
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Any of certain masses of gray matter in the central nervous system, as the basal ganglia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences
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Synonyms: nucleus
Antonyms: none provided
A centre of intellectual or industrial force, activity, etc.
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Qualifier: transferred sense
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A benign cystic tumour on a tendon sheath or joint capsule.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Synonyms: ganglion cyst
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an encapsulated neural structure consisting of a collection of cell bodies or neurons
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: neural structure
Narrower terms: autonomic ganglion, basal ganglion
Borrowed from Ancient Greek γᾰγγλῐ́ον (gănglĭ́on, “encysted tumour on a tendon or aponeurosis”).
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
عُقْدَة عَصَبِيَّة
(ʕuqda ʕaṣabiyya)
— collection of nerve cell bodies outside the brain
Catalan :
gangli
— collection of nerve cell bodies outside the brain
Chinese Mandarin :
神經節 /神经节
(shénjīngjié)
— collection of nerve cell bodies outside the brain
Czech :
zauzlina
— collection of nerve cell bodies outside the brain
Czech :
nervová uzlina
— collection of nerve cell bodies outside the brain
Czech :
ganglion
— collection of nerve cell bodies outside the brain
Czech :
ganglie
— collection of nerve cell bodies outside the brain
Dutch :
zenuwknoop
— collection of nerve cell bodies outside the brain
Dutch :
ganglion
— collection of nerve cell bodies outside the brain
Esperanto :
ganglio
— collection of nerve cell bodies outside the brain
Finnish :
ganglio
— collection of nerve cell bodies outside the brain
Finnish :
hermosolmu
— collection of nerve cell bodies outside the brain
French :
ganglion
— collection of nerve cell bodies outside the brain
Galician :
ganglio
— collection of nerve cell bodies outside the brain
Georgian :
ნერვული კვანძი
(nervuli ḳvanʒi)
— collection of nerve cell bodies outside the brain
German :
Ganglion
— collection of nerve cell bodies outside the brain
German :
Nervenknoten
— collection of nerve cell bodies outside the brain
Ido :
gangliono
— collection of nerve cell bodies outside the brain
Indonesian :
ganglion
— collection of nerve cell bodies outside the brain
Japanese :
神経節
(shinkeisetsu)
— collection of nerve cell bodies outside the brain
Kazakh :
жүйке түйіні
(jüike tüiını)
— collection of nerve cell bodies outside the brain
Northern Kurdish :
girêk
— collection of nerve cell bodies outside the brain
Latin :
ganglion
— collection of nerve cell bodies outside the brain
Persian :
گانگلیون
(gângeliyon)
— collection of nerve cell bodies outside the brain
Polish :
zwój nerwowy
— collection of nerve cell bodies outside the brain
Romanian :
ganglion
— collection of nerve cell bodies outside the brain
Russian :
га́нглий
(gánglij)
— collection of nerve cell bodies outside the brain
Spanish :
ganglio
— collection of nerve cell bodies outside the brain
Turkish :
gangliyon
— collection of nerve cell bodies outside the brain
Chinese Mandarin :
中心
(zhōngxīn)
— centre of power or authority
Finnish :
hermokeskus
— centre of power or authority
German :
Kopf
— centre of power or authority