ganglion 
Interosseous nerve at the back of the wrist, whence flla- ganglionica 
ments proceed to the carpus. Jugular ganglion, (n) A ne ,ff 
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ganister 
i'i-ka), . pi. [NL., gangrenous (gang'gre-nus), a. [< gangrene + 
Mortified; indicating mortification of 
living flesh. 
Instead of defending these doctrines, it is the duty of a 
real disciple of Jesus Christ to reprobate them as gan- 
grenous excrescences, corrupting the fair form of genu- 
ine Christianity. Anecdotes of Bp. Watson, I. 413. 
neut. pi. of ganglionicus : see ganglionic.] In 
sage through the jugu&r foramen. "(6) The superior gan- med., a class of medicinal agents which affect 
ghon, or ganglion of the root of the pneumogastric nerve, the activity of parts of the sympathetic ner- 
in its passage through the jugular foramen. Lenticular VOUS system 
SSSrJ^W^o?tSrt^~to^lSSn?liS gangli6nitis' (gang/'gli-o-ni'tis), n. [NL., < 
the lingual artery. Lumbar ganglia, the sympathetic ganglion + -itis.] In pathol. : (a) Inflammation 
ganglia in the lumtar region. Lymphatic ganglia. See of a nervous ganglion. (6) Same as lymphade- gang-rider (gang rrder), n. One who rides on 
def. 2. Meckelian or Meckel's ganglion, the spheno- ttitis mine-cars or trams, to give signals when ne- 
^^S^^Sfb^SM^K^mX^S, gangiionless (gang'gli-on-les), a. [< ganglion cessary, or to work the clips. See haulage-clip. 
arteries. Ophthalmic ganglion. Same as ciliary gan- + -less.] Having no ganglia or marked en- gang-saw (gang'sa), n. A body of saws set in 
glion. Otic ganglion, Arnold's ganglion, a small flat- largements : said of a nerve. one frame or on one spindle and acting simul- 
tened oval swelling lying upon the third or inferior ffonplinnathir OarwVli n nnth ' \\c\ n r< taneously. 
o7tt' a ce y p h^^^ 
facial, fifth, glossopharyngeal, and sympathetic nerves gangliopathy. One who has charge of a gang of men. 
[< Gr. gang-there-OUt (gang'THar-ouf), a. [Sc., < 
gang, go, + thereout; equiv. to gadabout. Cf. 
Sc. rinthereont (< rin, run, + thereout), of the 
same sense.] Vagrant; vagabond; leading a 
roaming life. 
I am a lone woman, for James he's awa' to Drumshour- 
loch fair with the year-aulds, and I daurna for my life 
open the door to ony o' your gang-there-out sort o' bodies. 
Scott, Guy Mannering, i. 
of a pug or body of workers ; one "** (g^ng'tid), n. Same as gang-week. 
^^^SHS^^ 
formance of a task. gang-tootht, . A projecting tooth. Compare 
artery. Phrenic ganglion. Same as diaphragmati 
ganglion. Pneumogastric ganglion, either oneof twi 
ganglia of the pneumogastric nerve, viz. : (a) The upper 
ganglion, or ganglion of the root ; the jugular ganglion. 
(6) The lower ganglion, or ganglion of the trunk. Also 
vagus ganglion. Renal ganglia, ganglia of the renal 
plexus of sympathetic nerves. Sacral ganglia, four or 
suffer- 
or morbid condi- 
tion of nervous ganglia, especially of subordi- 
nate ganglia. 
ganglions (gang'gli-us), a. [< gangli-on + 
-ous.] Of or pertaining to a ganglion ; gangli- 
form or ganglionic. Owen. 
thetic system. Semilunar ganglion, (a) Of the'ahilo- 
men, either half of the great ganglion of the solar plexus, 
the largest in the body, being gangliform aggregations of 
smaller masses, lying on either side of the abdominal 
gastric, hepatic, splenic, mesenteric, renal, suprarenal, 
and spermatic plexuses. (6) Same as Gasserian ganglion.- 
the cephalic sympathetic ganglia, situated in the spheno- 
maxillary fossa of the skull, connected with the facial 
In ^ that thl8 
1. Gang-plank is the usual word in the i D ite it with mv </ana tooth 
United States. Stoo him Bayes (1673). 
gang-plow (gang'plou)n. A plow with several ganguei gang (gang) , n . [The first form is a 
shares and mold-boards arranged m a series; 
also, a number of plows in one frame, which is 
giving off numerous pharyngeal, palatine, nasal, and - 
bital branches. Spinal ganglia, the ganglia upon the gang-press (gang pres), n. A press which op- 
posterior roots of the spinal nerves. Subesophageal erates upon a number of objects in a gang, 
ganglion, a ganglion which underlies the "- ' ' 
common spelling of gang, after equiv. P. gangue, 
as used in mining, < G. gang = E. gang.] 1. In 
mining, the non-metalliferous or earthy min- 
erals accompanying the ore in a vein or mineral 
deposit; the part of a lode which is not called 
ore, or which has no commercial value ; vein- 
ganglion, a gaiiKlion which underlies the gullet in crus- iranff-tmnrh f<?an<?'r,imrM n Sfivnral mim-hns * 
taceans. Submaxillary ganglion, one of the cephalic S - S P uncl ; 188 P UI - n ;> f v* 3 "" puncnes stone. Quartz is the most abundant veinstone ; cal- 
iL-.ri "T^r^TT-' &**"&"", "" in one stock, iispn for niinnhiTinr fi}i-rJn.t.pa. ot.n ,.it ),...,,,_,..,,. *i,, ..,..,..,,. i 
in one stock, used for punching fish-plates, etc. 
sympathetic ganglia, situatedSnder the jaw, in relation J ne STOCK, usea lor pui ling nsn-piates, etc. 
with the submaxillary gland, connected with the gusta- gangrel (gang grel), n. and a. [Also written 
tory nerve, chorda tympaui, and plexus of the facial ar- 
tery. Suprarenal ganglia, the ganglia connected with 
the suprarenal sympathetic plexus. Temporal gan- 
glion, a ganglion of the carotid plexus in connection with 
the temporal artery. Thoracic ganglia, ganglia of the 
thoracic portion of the sympathetic system. Thyroid 
ganglion, the middle cervical ganglion: so called from its 
relation to the thyroid artery. Vagus ganglion. Same 
as pneumogastric ganglion. 
ganglionary (gang'gli-qn-a-ri), a. [< ganglion 
+ -ary.] Composed of ganglia. 
ganglibnated (gang'gli-on-a-ted), a. [< gan- 
glion + -ate 1 + -ed 2 .] Same as gangliate. 
In some cases these lateral trunks exhibit ganglionic 
enlargements, . . . showing a tendency to the formation 
of the double ganglionated chain characteristic of higher 
worms. Huxley, Anat. Invert., p. 158. 
ganglion-cell (gang'gli-on-sel), n. In anat.. a 
nerve-cell which has a well-marked nucleus and 
nucleolus, and sends off one or more processes, 
usually branching, which connect physiolo- 
gically with other similar processes of cells, 
or, in some cases, constitute peripheral nerve- 
fibers. Inaddition to thefunction which belongs to nerve- 
fibers of receiving and transmitting nervous impulses, 
ganglion-cells may have the function of distributing, in- 
creasing, diminishing, and in some cases apparently of 
initiating such impulses, as well as of being a trophical 
center for nerve-fibers connected with them. Such cells 
are abundant in the gray matter of the brain and spinal 
cord, in the ganglia of the dorsal roots of spinal nerves, 
and in the ganglia of the sympathetic system, and they 
may exist as scattered cells or form plexuses, as those of 
Auerbach and Meissner. Besides these unipolar, bipolar, 
and multipolar cells, cells without processes have been 
described as ganglion-cells, and called apolar. They are 
regarded by some as having lost their processes in the 
course of anatomical and microscopic manipulation, and 
by others as being embryonic forms. Ganglion-cells, with 
the nerve-fibers and certain terminal structures, make up 
the essential parts of the nervous system. See cut under 
gangrell, ganger el; < gang, go, 
gling.] I. n. 1. A vagrant. 
2. A tall awkward fellow. 
walk. Cf. gan- 
[Prov. Eng.] 
A long gangrell; a slim ; a long tall fellow that hath no 
making to his height. Nomenclator. 
3. A child just beginning to walk. [Scotch.] 
II. a. Vagrant; vagabond. 
He's nae gentleman . . . wad grudge twa gangrel puir 
bodies the shelter o' a waste house. 
Scott, Guy Mannering, iii. 
gangrenate (gang'gre-nat), v. t. ; pret. and pp. 
gangrenated, ppr. gangrenating. [< gangrene + 
-ate 2 .] To produce a gangrene in ; gangrene. 
So parts cauterized, gangrenated, siderated, and morti- 
fied, become black. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., vi. 20. 
gangrene (gang'gren), n. [Formerly gangreen; 
< OF. gangrene, F. gangrene = Sp. Pg. gangrena 
= It. gangrena, cancrena, eangrena, < L. gan- 
grtena, < Gr. jdyypaiva, a gangrene, an eating 
sore, a redupl. form, < ypaiveiv, ypaeiv, gnaw. 
Cf. Skt. / gar, gir, swallow.] 1. In pathol., a, 
necrosis or mortification of soft tissues when 
the parts affected become dry, hard, and dark 
in color (dry gangrene or mummification), or 
when, remaining soft and moist, the parts fall 
a prey to septic organisms and undergo putre- 
faction (moist gangrene or sphacelus). 
And my chyrurgeons apprehended some fear that it 
may grow to a gangrene, and so the hand must be cut off. 
Sir K. Digby, Sympathetic Powder. 
2. In bot., a disease ending in putrid decay. 
Hospital gangrene, a rapidly spreading, sloughing ulcer, 
starting from a wound and attended with general prostra- 
tion. It occurs in ill-kept hospitals where many wound- 
ed are crowded together. Also called sloitghing phagede- 
na. Symmetrical gangrene. Same as Kaynaud's dis- 
ease (which see, under disease). 
cite, heavy -spar, fluor-spar, and brown-spar are also com- 
monly found forming more or less of the bulk of the 
metalliferous lodes. Sometimes the gangue prevails in 
the vein to the entire exclusion of ore. The words gangue 
and veinstone are not properly used to designate the ma- 
terial with which the ore is associated when this consists 
chiefly of fragments of the country-rock mingled with 
flucan, etc. This is what the miners designate as the Jill- 
ing-up. See vein and combl, 6. 
2. In mineral analysis, the foreign material or 
impurity present with the mineral under ex- 
amination. 
gangway (gang' wa), n. 1. A passage; a tem- 
porary passageway to a building while in the 
course of erection ; a way or avenue into or 
put of any inclosed place, especially a passage 
into or out of a ship, or from one part of a ship 
to another. 
I had hardly got into the boat before I was told they 
had stolen one of the ancient stanchions from the oppo- 
site gang-way, and were making off with it. 
Cook, Voyages, ii. 9. 
2. A passageway between rows of seats or 
benches; specifically, in the British House of 
Commons, a passageway across the house di- 
viding it into two parts. Above this passage or gang- 
way sits the Speaker, with the ministry and their support- 
ers on his right, and the leaders of the opposition and their 
supporters on his left. The members who occupy seats on 
the other side of the passage are said to sit below the gang- 
waya position which does not imply separation on 
similarly strict party lines. 
He [Fergus] was bound to be in his place he usually 
sat above the gangway at the end of the front Opposition 
bench, and there he was. Quarterly Rev., CXLVI. 203. 
3. In coal-mining, the main haulage road or 
level driven on the strike of the coal ; any mine- 
passage used for opening breasts, or for the 
haulage of the coal.- To bring to the gangway 
(naut.), to punish (a seaman) by seizing him up and flog- 
ging him. 
gangway-ladder (gang'wa-lad'er), . A lad- 
ganglion-corpuscle (gang'gli-on-kdr ;l 'pu8-l), n. gangrene (gang'gren), v. ; pret. and pp. gan- der from the gangway of a vessel to the water's 
A ganglion-cell. 
aanglioneura (gang"gli-o-uu'ra), n.pl. u _._, . ,-- . - <..-- . 
< Gr. yaf/Mov, a tumor (ganglion), + vevpov, a hence, figuratively, to cause decay or destruc- Cf. gang-day.'} Rogation-week, when proces- 
grened, ppr. gangrening. [< gangrene, .] I. edge. 
[NL., trans. To produce a gangrene in; mortify; gang-week (gang'wek), 11. [< gang + week. 
sinew (nerve).] Animals having a ganglionary 
or gangliate nervous system, and not a cere- 
brospinal nervous system : applied by Rudolphi 
and others to articulates and mollusks, the Ar- 
thropoda and Mollnsca of modern systems. 
ganglioneural (gang"gli-o-nu'ral), a. [< Gan- 
Ulioneur-a + -al.] Having a ganglionary ner- 
vous system; specifically, of or pertaining to 
the Ganglioneura. 
ganglion-globule (gang'gli-on-glob"ul), n. A 
ganglion-cell. 
ganglionic (gang-gli-on'ik), a. [< ganglion + 
-ic.] Pertaining to a ganglion or ganglia ; hav- 
ing or characterized by ganglia. Ganglionic 
corpuscle. Same as ganglion-ceil. Ganglionic ner- 
vous system, the sympathetic system. 
tion in. 
The service of the foot, 
Being once gangren'd, is not then respected 
For what before it was. Shak., Cor., iii. 1. 
The rust 
Of heavy chains has gangrened his sweet limbs. 
Shelley, The Cenci, ii. 1. 
One vice that gangrenes Christian nations was unknown 
amongst them [New England Indians] : they never offered 
indignity to woman. S. Judd, Margaret, ii. 4. 
II. intrans. To become mortified. 
Wounds immedicable 
Rankle, and fester, and gangrene, 
To black mortification. Milton, S. A., 1. 621. 
gangrenescent (gang-gre-nes'ent), a. [< gan- 
grene + -escent.] Becoming gangrenous; tend- 
ing to mortification. 
sions, with singing of litanies, were made in 
Great Britain, until the Reformation, and in a 
few instances still are made (under the name 
of perambulations) by ministers, churchwar- 
dens, and parishioners, to survey the bounds 
of parishes or manors. Also called gang-tide. 
See rogation. 
It [birch] serveth well to the decking up of houses and 
... for beautifying of streets in the crosse or gang-week, 
and such like. Gerarde, Herball (1633), p. 1478. 
ganister (gan'is-ter), n. [Also gannister; < 
G. dial, ganster, MHG. ganster, ganster, ganes- 
ter, genelster, etc., a spark (see gnastl): so 
called because the ganister beds are so sili- 
cious that it is easy to strike fire with the rock 
of which they are made up.] In mining and 
