different between ganglion vs plexus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????????? (ganglíon, “encysted tumour on a tendon or aponeurosis”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æ?.?li.?n/
• Rhymes: -æ??li?n

Noun

ganglion (plural ganglia or ganglions)

1. (neuroanatomy)
   1. An encapsulated collection of nerve cell bodies, typically linked by synapses, and often forming a swelling on a nerve fiber.

      Hyponyms: autonomic ganglion, cervical ganglion, dorsal root ganglion, Gasserian ganglion, geniculate ganglion, Meckel's ganglion, spinal ganglion

   2. Any of certain masses of gray matter in the central nervous system, as the basal ganglia.

      Synonym: nucleus

2. (transferred sense) A centre of intellectual or industrial force, activity, etc.
3. (pathology) A benign cystic tumour on a tendon sheath or joint capsule.

   Synonym: ganglion cyst

Derived terms

Translations

References

• “ganglion”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “ganglion”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Czech

Noun

ganglion n

1. ganglion
2. ganglion cyst

Finnish

Noun

ganglion

1. Genitive singular form of ganglio.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.?li.j??/

Noun

ganglion m (plural ganglions)

1. ganglion

Derived terms

• ganglion lymphatique

Further reading

• “ganglion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Noun

ganglion (plural gangliones)

1. ganglion

Romanian

Etymology

From French ganglion

Noun

ganglion m (plural ganglioni)

1. ganglion

Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin plexus (“a twining, plaiting, braid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pl?k.s?s/
• Rhymes: -?ks?s

Noun

plexus (plural plexuses or plexus)

1. (anatomy) A network of anastomosing or interwoven nerves, blood vessels, or lymphatic vessels.

   Hyponyms: brachial plexus, cardiac plexus, celiac plexus, choroid plexus, Exner's plexus, internal carotid plexus, pelvic plexus, solar plexus

2. An interwoven combination of parts or elements in a structure or system.
   1. (mathematics) The system of equations required for the complete expression of the relations which exist between a set of quantities.

      (Can we find and add a quotation of Brande & C to this entry?)

Synonyms

• rete

Derived terms

Translations

References

• “plexus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “plexus”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “plexus”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• suplex

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

plexus m (plural plexussen)

1. plexus

French

Noun

plexus m (uncountable)

1. plexus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?plek.sus/, [?p???ks??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?plek.sus/, [?pl??zus]

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of plect? (“to plait, braid, interweave”).

Participle

plexus (feminine plexa, neuter plexum); first/second-declension participle

1. perfect passive participle of plect?
2. (Old Latin) involved, intricate, entangled, ambiguous

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

Etymology 2

From plect? (“to plait, braid, interweave”) +? -tus (action noun suffix).

Noun

plexus m (genitive plex?s); fourth declension

1. (poetic) a twining, plaiting, braid

Inflection

Fourth-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• plexus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• plexus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette