(adj) tall and thin and having long slender limbs, Syn.gangly, rangy, lanky, Example: a gangling teenager; a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man
(n) a nerve cell whose body is outside the central nervous system, Syn.gangliocyte, Example: damage to ganglion cells in the retina may play a role in the development of glaucoma
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
n.; pl. L. Ganglia E. Ganglions [ L. ganglion a sort of swelling or excrescence, a tumor under the skin, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. ganglion. ] 1. (Anat.) (a) A mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, usually forming an enlargement in the course of a nerve. (b) A node, or gland in the lymphatic system; as, a lymphatic ganglion. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Med.) A globular, hard, indolent tumor, situated somewhere on a tendon, and commonly formed by the effusion of a viscid fluid into it; -- called also weeping sinew. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ganglion cell, a nerve cell. See Illust. under Bipolar. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. ganglionique. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, ganglia or ganglion cells; as, a ganglionic artery; the ganglionic columns of the spinal cord. [ 1913 Webster ]
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