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Ganglia
/ˈɡæŋɡli.ə/
An encapsulated collection of nerve-cell bodies, located outside the brain and spinal cord.
📖 Definitions of "Ganglia"
noun
- 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.
- 3
(by extension) A centre of intellectual or industrial force, activity, etc.
- 4
A cystic tumour on a tendon sheath or joint capsule; a ganglion cyst.
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