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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ganglion \Gan"gli*on\, n.; pl L. {Ganglia}, E. {Ganglions}. [L.
ganglion a sort of swelling or excrescence, a tumor under the
skin, Gr ?: cf F. ganglion.]
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}.
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