ganglion

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek γᾰγγλῐ́ον (gănglĭ́on, “encysted tumour on a tendon or aponeurosis”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡæŋ.ɡli.ən/ Rhymes: -æŋɡliən === Noun === ganglion (plural ganglia or ganglions) (neuroanatomy) An encapsulated collection of nerve cell bodies, typically linked by synapses, and often forming a swelling on a nerve fiber. Hyponyms: autonomic ganglion, cervical ganglion, dorsal root ganglion, Gasserian ganglion, geniculate ganglion, Meckel's ganglion, spinal ganglion Any of certain masses of gray matter in the central nervous system, as the basal ganglia. Synonym: nucleus (transferred sense) A centre of intellectual or industrial force, activity, etc. (pathology) A benign cystic tumour on a tendon sheath or joint capsule. Synonym: ganglion cyst ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “ganglion”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “ganglion”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. == Czech == === Alternative forms === ganglie === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɡaŋɡlɪjon] === Noun === ganglion n ganglion Synonym: nervová uzlina ganglion cyst ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “ganglion”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “ganglion”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “ganglion”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Finnish == === Noun === ganglion genitive singular of ganglio == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɑ̃.ɡli.jɔ̃/ === Noun === ganglion m (plural ganglions) ganglion ==== Derived terms ==== ganglion lymphatique ==== Descendants ==== → Romanian: ganglion → Turkish: gangliyon === Further reading === “ganglion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Interlingua == === Noun === ganglion (plural gangliones) ganglion == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek γᾰγγλῐ́ον (gănglĭ́on). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡaŋ.ɡli.ɔn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɡaŋ.ɡli.on] === Noun === ganglion n (genitive gangliī); second declension (New Latin) (anatomy) ganglion ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type). === References === “ganglion”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ganglion”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French ganglion. === Noun === ganglion m (plural ganglioni) ganglion ==== Declension ====