GANGLION

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, usually forming an enlargement in the course of a nerve.

2.
n.

A node, or gland in the lymphatic system; as, a lymphatic ganglion.

3.
n.

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. Ganglion cell, a nerve cell. See Illust. under Bipolar.