Part 4701

<i>Dr. Prior.</i>

<h1>Gangion</h1> <Xpage=611>

<hw>Gan"gion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <def>A short line attached to a trawl. See <er>Trawl</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>

<h1>Gangliac, Ganglial</h1> <Xpage=611>

<hw><hw>Gan"gli*ac</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Gan"gli*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Relating to a ganglion; ganglionic.</def>

<h1>Gangliate, Gangliated</h1> <Xpage=611>

<hw><hw>Gan"gli*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Gan"gli*a`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Furnished with ganglia; <as>as, the <ex>gangliated</ex> cords of the sympathetic nervous system</as>.</def>

<h1>Gangliform, Ganglioform</h1> <Xpage=611>

<hw><hw>Gan"gli*form`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Gan"gli*o*form`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Ganglion</ets> + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Having the form of a ganglion.</def>

<h1>Ganglion</h1> <Xpage=611>

<hw>Gan"gli*on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. L. <plw>Ganglia</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, E. <plw>Ganglions</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>ganglion</ets> a sort of swelling or excrescence, a tumor under the skin, Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>ganglion</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, usually forming an enlargement in the course of a nerve</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A node, or gland in the lymphatic system; <as>as, a lymphatic <ex>ganglion</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A globular, hard, indolent tumor, situated somewhere on a tendon, and commonly formed by the effusion of a viscid fluid into it; -- called also <altname>weeping sinew</altname>.</def>

<cs><col>Ganglion cell</col>, <cd>a nerve cell. See <i>Illust<i>. under <er>Bipolar</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Ganglionary</h1> <Xpage=611>

<hw>Gan"gli*on*a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>ganglionnarie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Ganglionic.</def>

<h1>Ganglionic</h1> <Xpage=611>

<hw>Gan`gli*on"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>ganglionique</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, ganglia or ganglion cells; <as>as, a <ex>ganglionic</ex> artery; the <ex>ganglionic</ex> columns of the spinal cord.</as></def>

<h1>Gangrel</h1> <Xpage=611>

<hw>Gan"grel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Gang</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <def>Wandering; vagrant.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Gangrenate</h1> <Xpage=611>

<hw>Gan"gre*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To gangrene.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Gangrene</h1> <Xpage=611>

<hw>Gan"grene</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>gangr\'8ane</ets>, L. <ets>gangraena</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to gnaw, eat; cf. Skr. <ets>gras</ets>, <ets>gar</ets>, to devour, and E. <ets>voracious</ets>, also <ets>canker</ets>, <tt>n.</tt>, in sense 3.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A term formerly restricted to mortification of the soft tissues which has not advanced so far as to produce complete loss of vitality; but now applied to mortification of the soft parts in any stage.</def>

<h1>Gangrene</h1> <Xpage=611>

<hw>Gan"grene</hw>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Gangrened</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Gangrening</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>gangr\'82ner</ets>.]</ety> <def>To produce gangrene in; to be affected with gangrene.</def>

<h1>Gangrenescent</h1> <Xpage=611>

<hw>Gan`gre*nes"cent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Tending to mortification or gangrene.</def>