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Grammar : Noun
Spell : gang-glee-uh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgæŋ gli ən

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Définition of ganglions

Origin :
  • 1680s, from Greek ganglion "tumor," used by Galen for "nerve bundle." Of unknown origin; according to Galen, the proper sense of the word was "anything gathered into a ball."
  • As in nerve center : noun center of activity
Example sentences :
  • His ganglions were big, as was the case in all great preachers.
  • Extract from : « Mystic London: » by Charles Maurice Davies
  • We have seen that they have ganglions, and probably optic nerves.
  • Extract from : « The Ocean World: » by Louis Figuier
  • The great sympathetic nerves in fishes are said to have no ganglions.
  • Extract from : « An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. IV (of 4) » by William Kirby
  • The ganglions vary also in their situation with respect to each other.
  • Extract from : « An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. IV (of 4) » by William Kirby
  • I omit those in which the ganglions are only in one of these parts.
  • Extract from : « An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. IV (of 4) » by William Kirby
  • I am next to say a few words upon the shape of the ganglions.
  • Extract from : « An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. IV (of 4) » by William Kirby
  • The number of these ganglions corresponds with that of the segments.
  • Extract from : « The Insect World » by Louis Figuier
  • In the pit of the stomach is that great central web of nerves called the ganglions; thence they affect the head and the heart.
  • Extract from : « The Caxtons, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Those masses of ganglions below and coming from all sides as they go over the pass of the ridge are association bundles.
  • Extract from : « The Brain » by Alexander Blade
  • Ehrenberg also states that they have ganglions at their base, which furnish them with nervous filaments.
  • Extract from : « The Ocean World: » by Louis Figuier
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