(Anatomy)a structure containing a number of nerve cell bodies, typically linked by synapses, and often forming a swelling on a nerve fibre (剖)神经中枢 ■a network of cells forming a nerve centre in the nervous system of an invertebrate (无脊椎动物神经系统中心的)神经细胞群 ■a well-defined mass of grey matter within the central nervous system 神经节。 参见 basal ganglia
(Medicine)an abnormal benign swelling on a tendon sheath (医)腱鞘囊肿
派生 ganglionic adjective 语源
late 17th cent.: from Greek ganglion 'tumour on or near sinews or tendons', used by Galen to denote the complex nerve centres