[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ganglion \gan"glion\, 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.
          1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   ganglion cell, a nerve cell. see illust. under bipolar.
      1913 webster
see also:
ganglia ganglions weeping sinew ganglion cell bipolar 

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