different between synapse vs ganglion

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (súnapsis, “conjunction”), from ??????? (sunápt?, “to clasp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?næps/, /?sa?næps/, /s??næps/
• Rhymes: -æps

Noun

synapse (plural synapses)

1. The junction between the terminal of a neuron and either another neuron or a muscle or gland cell, over which nerve impulses pass.

Related terms

• synaptic
• ephapse

Translations

See also

• axon
• dendrite

Verb

synapse (third-person singular simple present synapses, present participle synapsing, simple past and past participle synapsed)

1. (intransitive) To form a synapse.
2. (intransitive) To undergo synapsis.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?s?naps?]

Noun

synapse f

1. synapse

Related terms

• synaptický

Danish

Noun

synapse c (singular definite synapsen, plural indefinite synapser)

1. synapse

Declension

French

Pronunciation

Noun

synapse f (plural synapses)

1. synapse

Further reading

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

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