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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Late Latin
Origin: Greek

ganglion

 noun
     
Related topics: Biology, Illness and Disability
gan‧gli‧on [countable] technical
1MI a painful raised area of skin that is full of liquid, often on the back of your wrist
2HB a mass of nerve cells
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