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

Ganglionic.

Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, ganglia or ganglion cells; as, a ganglionic artery; the ganglionic columns of the spinal cord.

Without ganglia.

Between and uniting the nervous ganglions; as, interganglionic cords.

Surrounding a ganglion; as, the periganglionic glands of the frog.

A group of Annelida remarkable for having no external segments or distinct ventral nerve ganglions.

The anterior or cephalic ganglion in insects and other invertebrates.

in, or ascribed to, separate organs, as the eye and ear. It is supposed to depend on the ganglionic system.

Relating to a ganglion; ganglionic.

Having the form of a ganglion.

Relating to Casserio (L. Gasserius), the discover of the Gasserian ganglion. Gasserian ganglion (Anat.), a large ganglion, at the root of the trigeminal, or fifth cranial, nerve.

Bent abruptly at an angle, like the knee when bent; as, a geniculate stem; a geniculate ganglion; a geniculate twin crystal.

Situated between the external and internal carotid arteries; as, an intercarotid ganglion.

glandlike bodies connected with the lymphatics or the lacteals; -- called also lymphatic ganglion, and conglobate gland. -- Lymphatic temperament (Old Physiol.), a temperament in which the lymphatic system seems to predominate, that is, a system in which the complexion lacks color and the tissues seem to be of loose…

Having many poles; -- applied especially to those ganglionic nerve cells which have several radiating processes.

. Nerve cell (Anat.), one of the nucleated cells with which nerve fibers are connected; a ganglion cell. -- Nerve fiber (Anat.), one of the fibers of which nerves are made up. These fibers are either medullated or nonmedullated. in both kinds the essential part is the translucent threadlike axis cylinder which is cont…

or figuratively; specifically (Zoöl.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglion.

Surrounding a cell; as, the pericellular lymph spaces surrounding ganglion cells.

Large ganglion cells forming a layer near the surface of the cerebellum.