neuropil

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 105490774)
    is a type of: nerve tissue, nervous tissue - tissue composed of neurons
    substance meronym: gray matter, gray substance, grey matter, grey substance, substantia grisea - greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers; forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons
    same as: neuropile

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