GANGLION CELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ganglion cell mean? 

• GANGLION CELL (noun)
  The noun GANGLION CELL has 1 sense:

1. a nerve cell whose body is outside the central nervous system

  Familiarity information: GANGLION CELL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GANGLION CELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A nerve cell whose body is outside the central nervous system

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

gangliocyte; ganglion cell

Context example:

damage to ganglion cells in the retina may play a role in the development of glaucoma

Hypernyms ("ganglion cell" is a kind of...):

nerve cell; neuron (a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses)

 Context examples 

The spinal ganglion cells are pseudounipolar.

(Murine Dorsal Root Ganglion, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor characterized by the presence of poorly differentiated or undifferentiated neuroepithelial cells and ganglion cells.

(Cerebral Ganglioneuroblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A WHO grade III neuroepithelial neoplasm composed of neoplastic, mature ganglion cells and anaplastic glial cells.

(Anaplastic Ganglioglioma, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)

It consists of a mixture of neuroendocrine cells, Schwann-like cells, and ganglion cells.

(Ampulla of Vater Gangliocytic Paraganglioma, NCI Thesaurus)

A ganglioneuroma characterized by the presence of differentiating neuroblasts, maturing and mature ganglion cells.

(Maturing Ganglioneuroma, NCI Thesaurus)

A ganglioneuroma characterized by the presence of mature ganglion cells and a mature Schwannian stroma.

(Mature Ganglioneuroma, NCI Thesaurus)

A tumor characterized by the presence of mature ganglion cells and neuronal differentiation, arising in the hypothalamus.

(Hypothalamic Gangliocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A neuroblastic tumor characterized by the presence of neuroblastic cells, ganglion cells, and a stroma with Schwannian differentiation constituting more than fifty-percent of the tumor volume.

(Ganglioneuroblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A hereditary disorder caused by mitochondrial mutations, resulting in the degeneration of the retinal ganglion cells and optic atrophy.

(Leber Hereditary Optic Atrophy, NCI Thesaurus)

It includes tumors that are composed of immature round cells and tumors that display advanced differentiation and the formation of ganglion cells.

(Neuroblastic Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)