γαγγλίον

A. 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.