Synonyms for ganglions
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : gang-glee-uh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgæŋ gli ən |
Top 10 synonyms for ganglions
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
- 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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