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1 definition found 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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