[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 

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

weeping \weep"ing\, a.
   1. grieving; lamenting; shedding tears. "weeping eyes." --i.
      watts.
      1913 webster

   2. discharging water, or other liquid, in drops or very
      slowly; surcharged with water. "weeping grounds."
      --mortimer.
      1913 webster

   3. having slender, pendent branches; -- said of trees; as,
      weeping willow; a weeping ash.
      1913 webster

   4. pertaining to lamentation, or those who weep.
      1913 webster

   weeping cross, a cross erected on or by the highway,
      especially for the devotions of penitents; hence, to
      return by the weeping cross, to return from some
      undertaking in humiliation or penitence.

   weeping rock, a porous rock from which water gradually
      issues.

   weeping sinew, a ganglion. see ganglion, n., 2. colloq.
      

   weeping spring, a spring that discharges water slowly.
      1913 webster
see also:
weeping cross weeping rock weeping sinew ganglion weeping spring 

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