Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun basal_ganglion

1 sense of basal ganglion

Sense 1
basal ganglion -- (any of several masses of subcortical grey matter at the base of each cerebral hemisphere that seem to be involved in the regulation of voluntary movement)
       => ganglion -- (an encapsulated neural structure consisting of a collection of cell bodies or neurons)