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Synonyms for ganglion

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

Top 10 synonyms for ganglion
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Définition of ganglion

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 :
  • From the ganglion of the shoulders, also, the child breathes and his heart beats.
  • Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence
  • The nerves connected with this ganglion were long and slender.
  • Extract from : « Journal of Entomology and Zoology: Volume 6, Number 4, December 1914 » by Various
  • It forms a continuation of the root rather than of the ganglion.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 » by Francis Maitland Balfour
  • The junction is from the first at some little distance from the ganglion.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 » by Francis Maitland Balfour
  • Fibers which leave the ganglion laterally from ventral cells.
  • Extract from : « Journal of Entomology and Zoology, March 1917 » by Various
  • The interruption coming at such a moment jarred every ganglion in his body.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Sally » by P. G. Wodehouse
  • They have no brain, but a ganglion of nerves, a whitish substance situated near their mouths.
  • Extract from : « Ocean's Story; or Triumphs of Thirty Centuries » by Edward Rowland
  • The nerves of the mouth and its tentacles originate in the first ganglion, those of the respiratory organs in the second.
  • Extract from : « Ocean's Story; or Triumphs of Thirty Centuries » by Edward Rowland
  • A cinder enters the eye, the report reaches a ganglion, a motor impulse is sent forth, and the eyelid closes.
  • Extract from : « Your Mind and How to Use It » by William Walker Atkinson
  • It is formed of a superficial layer of longitudinal nervous fibres, and a central core of ganglion cells.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4) » by Francis Maitland Balfour
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