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ganglion
  1. (neuroanatomy)
    1. An encapsulated collection of nerve-cell bodies, located outside the brain and spinal cord.
    2. Any of certain masses of gray matter in the brain, as the basal ganglia.
  2. (by extension) A centre of intellectual or industrial force, activity, etc.
  3. (pathology) A cystic tumour on a tendon sheath or joint capsule; a ganglion cyst.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “The doctor diagnosed the patient with a ganglion after noticing a prominent swelling near the wrist joint.”
      “Metastatic lesions may be confused with a ganglion, epidermoid inclusion cyst, acute gout, and even rheumatoid arthritis.”
      “The best-studied amacrine cell synapses are those made onto ganglion cells and the feedback synapses made onto bipolar cells.”
gangliocytoma
ganglioplegic
ganglioneuroma
  1. A tumour of the sympathetic nerve fibres arising from neural crest cells.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The mass was subsequently biopsied by CT guidance, and histopathology was consistent with a ganglioneuroma.”
      “We present a unique case of ganglioneuroma with leiomyomatosis arising from the urinary bladder.”
      “A ganglioneuroma is an uncommon tumor of the sympathetic nervous system.”
ganglioglioma
  1. A tumour that arises from ganglion cells in the central nervous system.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Histologic examination revealed findings compatible with a World Health Organization grade 1 ganglioglioma.”
      “More well-established examples of glioneuronal tumors include DNETs, ganglioglioma, and desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma.”
      “But by the time Robbyn reached the age of seven, problems worsened and tests showed she now had a rare malignant, fast-growing ganglioglioma growing on top of the old tumour.”
ganglioneuroblastoma
  1. A form of neuroblastoma that is surrounded by ganglion cells.
ganglioblocker
  1. Any substance that inhibits transmission of nerve impulses from a ganglion
gangliectomy
  1. (medicine) Excision of a ganglion; surgical removal of a mass of tissue.
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ganglionopathy
  1. A disease affecting the ganglia.
ganglionectomy
  1. (surgery) Surgical removal of a ganglion.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “These findings show that unilateral superior cervical ganglionectomy has profound effects on the contralateral ganglion.”
      “For future investigations, it would be interesting to examine the interaction between SCGs and their innervation targets after ganglionectomy.”
      “Recently, superior cervical ganglionectomy has been performed to investigate a variety of scientific topics from regulation of intraocular pressure to suppression of lingual tumour growth.”
gangliocyte
  1. (biology) A ganglion cell.
ganglia
  1. plural of ganglion -- clusters of nerves
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Superimposed on this reflex arc, are suprasegmental modifying influences from the brain stem, cerebellum, basal ganglia, and cerebral cortex.”
      “On the day of the experiment, the shell was opened, the anterior byssus retractor muscle was exposed, and the pedal ganglia removed.”
      “Nicotinic receptors are located on sympathetic ganglia and voluntary muscles.”
ganglioneuroblastomas
ganglioneuroblastomata
ganglioblockers
  1. plural of ganglioblocker
ganglioneuromas
  1. plural of ganglioneuroma
ganglionopathies
  1. plural of ganglionopathy
ganglionectomies
ganglioneuromata
  1. plural of ganglioneuroma
gangliocytomas
  1. plural of gangliocytoma
gangliogliomas
  1. plural of ganglioglioma
ganglioplegics
  1. plural of ganglioplegic
gangliocytomata
  1. plural of gangliocytoma
gangliogliomata
  1. plural of ganglioglioma
gangliectomies
gangliocytes
  1. plural of gangliocyte
ganglions
  1. plural of ganglion
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The changes finally become so extensive that almost every tissue, except the skin, the central nervous system and the sympathetic ganglions, is affected.”
      “Herpes zoster is a common neurocutaneous disease resulting from reactivation of dormant varicella-zoster virus in sensory ganglions.”
      “The thing got right in among Lord Wetherby's highly sensitive ganglions like an earthquake.”
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