- ganglia
- noun /ˈɡæŋɡliə/clusters of nerves
... the wonderfully diversified instincts, mental powers, and affections of ants are notorious, yet their cerebral ganglia are not so large as the quarter of a small pins head.
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Ganglia — Страница статистики серверов … Википедия
ganglia — Latin plural of GANGLION (Cf. ganglion) … Etymology dictionary
Ganglia — Ganglion Gan gli*on, n.; pl. L. {Ganglia}, E. {Ganglions}. [L. ganglion a sort of swelling or excrescence, a tumor under the skin, Gr. ?: cf. F. ganglion.] 1. (Anat.) (a) A mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, usually forming an … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ganglia — Plural of ganglion. * * * ganglia pl of GANGLION * * * gan·glia (gangґgle ə) [Gr.] plural of ganglion … Medical dictionary
ganglia — gan·gli·a (găngʹglē ə) n. A plural of ganglion. * * * … Universalium
ganglia — gan·gli·on || gæŋglɪən n. dense mass of nerve cells (Anatomy) … English contemporary dictionary
ganglia — /ˈgæŋgliə/ (say ganggleeuh) plural noun plural of ganglion … Australian-English dictionary
ganglia — (singular: ganglion) Colonies of neurons outside the brain and spinal cord sometimes acting to control local functions. These latter are little affected by normal stress conditions. (Example: the solar plexus, made of two separate ganglions … Herbal-medical glossary
GANGLIA — … Useful english dictionary
ganglia trunci sympathetici — ganglia trunci sympathici [TA] ganglia of sympathetic trunk: sympathetic ganglia that are arranged in a chainlike fashion along each sympathetic trunk, about twenty to twenty three on either side … Medical dictionary
