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[Plural] noun- A tumor or swelling of the sheath of a tendon. Also: A mass of nerve tissue containing cell bodies of neurons external to the brain or spinal cord.

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  • In the pit of the stomach is that great central web of nerves called the ganglions; thence they affect the head and the heart.
  • Certain accumulations of nerve-cells called ganglions (ganglia) are to be found scattered throughout the structure of animals.
  • As DCCs were originally found in culture, we thought it logical to search for DCCs in more primitive neuronal systems than the brain, such as ganglions of the lobster...
  • The zeal of the folk dance sizzles in his nervous ganglions, or wherever fanaticism does sizzle.
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