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Ganglion [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

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

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

Ganglion [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, usually forming an enlargement in the course of a nerve.

2. A node, or gland in the lymphatic system; as, a lymphatic ganglion.

3. 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.

Ganglionary [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ganglionic [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, ganglia or ganglion cells; as, a ganglionic artery; the ganglionic columns of the spinal cord.

Ganglions [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913