grey matter

Noun
  1. Greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers;
    Forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons (synset 105491040)
    is a type of: nerve tissue, nervous tissue - tissue composed of neurons
    substance holonym: neuropil, neuropile - the complex network of unmyelinated axones, dendrites, and glial branches that form the bulk of the central nervous system's grey matter and in which nerve cell bodies are embedded
    substance meronym: cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, cortex, pallium - the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum
    same as: gray matter, gray substance, grey substance, substantia grisea

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