单词 | gangliate |
释义 | gangliate in British English (ˈɡæŋɡlɪˌeɪt) adjective another word for ganglionic ganglion in British English (ˈɡæŋɡlɪən) nounWord forms: plural -glia (-ɡlɪə) or -glions 1. an encapsulated collection of nerve-cell bodies, usually located outside the brain and spinal cord 2. any concentration of energy, activity, or strength 3. a cystic tumour on a tendon sheath or joint capsule Derived forms ganglial (ˈganglial) or gangliar (ˈgangliar) adjective ganglionic (ˌgangliˈonic) or ganglionated (ˈganglionˌated) or gangliate (ˈgangliate) or gangliated (ˈgangliˌated) adjective Word origin C17: from Late Latin: swelling, from Greek: cystic tumourgangliate in American English (ˈɡæŋɡliˌeit, -ɪt) adjective having ganglia Also: gangliated Word origin [gangli(on) + -ate1]-ate is a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, its English distribution parallelingthat of Latin. The form originated as a suffix added to a- stem verbs to form adjectives (separate). The resulting form could also be used independently as a noun (advocate) and came to be used as a stem on which a verb could be formed (separate; advocate; agitate). In English the use as a verbal suffix has been extended to stems of non-Latin origin(calibrate; acierate) |
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