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GANGLION [3 records]

Record 1 2012-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

A cystic swelling overlying a joint or a tendon sheath, most frequently found about the wrist.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Petite tumeur kystique formée aux dépens de la synoviale articulaire et tendineuse, observée le plus souvent à la face dorsale du poignet.

OBS

ganglion synovial : terme impropre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
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Record 2 1997-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Muscles and Tendons
DEF

A benign cystic tumor occurring on an aponeurosis or tendon, as in the wrist or dorsum of the foot....

OBS

Plural: ganglia or ganglions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Muscles et tendons

Spanish

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Record 3 1977-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Biology
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
CONT

Enlarged nerve centers or ganglia are located at various points along this nerve cord (two in the thorax and four in the abdomen). Small, branching nerves extend from each ganglion and connect with the various body parts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie animale
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
CONT

[...] le système nerveux est fondamentalement composé de ganglions, percepteurs sensitifs et agents moteurs, dont le réseau se répartit dans la tête, le thorax et l'abdomen, comme un double chapelet dont chaque grain commande à quelque organe essentiel.

Spanish

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