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γαγγλίον

gagglion · τό

encysted tumour on a tendon

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What it meant — LSJ

encysted tumour on a tendon, aponeurosis, ganglia

encysted tumour on a tendon or aponeurosis, Philagr. ap. Aët. 15.9 (Ἀθηνᾶ 21.29), Heras ap. Gal. 13.815, etc.; also on the head, Paul.Aeg. 6.39; the nerve-knots now called ganglia are compared to such a tumour, Gal. UP 16.5.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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