spinal ganglion

American

noun

a ganglion on the dorsal root of each spinal nerve, containing the cell bodies of sensory nerves.

Etymology

Origin of spinal ganglion

First recorded in 1855–60

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But I soon discovered that such nerve cells are found outside the grey matter all the way to the so-called spinal ganglion of the dorsal root.

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