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{ } a. (Anat.) Relating to a ganglion; ganglionic.

{ } a. (Anat.) Furnished with ganglia; as, the gangliated cords of the sympathetic nervous system.

{ } a. [ Ganglion + -form. ] (Anat.) Having the form of a ganglion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. L. Ganglia E. Ganglions [ L. ganglion a sort of swelling or excrescence, a tumor under the skin, Gr. &unr_;: 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 ]

a. [ Cf. F. ganglionnarie. ] (Anat.) Ganglionic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. ganglionique. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, ganglia or ganglion cells; as, a ganglionic artery; the ganglionic columns of the spinal cord. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hetero- + gangliate. ] (Physiol.) Having the ganglia of the nervous system unsymmetrically arranged; -- said of certain invertebrate animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Homo- + gangliate. ] (Zool.) Having the ganglia of the nervous system symmetrically arranged, as in certain invertebrates; -- opposed to heterogangliate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Between and uniting the nervous ganglions; as, interganglionic cords. [ 1913 Webster ]