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ganglion

n. (pl. ganglia) a collection of cell bodies of neurons that lies outside the central nervous system (the basal ganglia, however, are an exception). Many invertebrates have only distributed ganglia and no centralized nervous system. Compare nucleus. —ganglionic adj.

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