ganglion : Idioms & Phrases

• noun any of the ganglia of the autonomic system whose unmyelinated fibers innervate the internal organs
  

WordNet

• noun any of several masses of subcortical grey matter at the base of each cerebral hemisphere that seem to be involved in the regulation of voluntary movement
  

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• noun a nerve cell whose body is outside the central nervous system
  gangliocyte.
  
  • damage to ganglion cells in the retina may play a role in the development of glaucoma

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• a nerve cell. See Illust. under Bipolar.

Webster 1913

• (Anat.), a large ganglion, at the root of the trigeminal, or fifth cranial, nerve.

Webster 1913

• noun an autonomic ganglion whose postganglionic fibers are distributed to the parotid gland
  otoganglion.
  

WordNet

• (Zoöl.), a large special ganglion situated beneath the esophagus of arthropods, annelids, and some other invertebrates.

Webster 1913