ガングリオン

noun

ganglion cyst

Medical term for a benign cyst near a joint or tendon, often on the wrist. In Japanese clinical usage, ガングリオン typically refers to the cyst, not the nerve structure.

• 手て首くびにガングリオンができて、整せい形けい外げ科かで診みてもらった。

  I developed a ganglion cyst on my wrist and had it examined at the orthopedic clinic.

noun

ganglion; nerve ganglion

Anatomical term for a cluster of nerve cell bodies. In Japanese, 神経節 is more common for this meaning; ガングリオン is used mainly in technical or borrowed contexts.

See also: 神経節

• 解かい剖ぼう学がくの授じゅ業ぎょうで、脊せき髄ずいの近ちかくにあるガングリオンについて学まなんだ。

  In anatomy class, we learned about the ganglia near the spinal cord.