ganglion cell

1. 1.

   a nerve cell whose body is outside the central nervous system

   “damage to ganglion cells in the retina may play a role in the development of glaucoma”

   Synonymsgangliocyte

   Broadernerve cell

Questions about ganglion cell

What does ganglion cell mean?

ganglion cell means "a nerve cell whose body is outside the central nervous system".

What is another word for ganglion cell?

Close synonyms include gangliocyte. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ganglion cell a common word?

ganglion cell is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.