grey matter

grey matter

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the greyish tissue of the brain and spinal cord, containing nerve cell bodies, dendrites, and bare (unmyelinated) axons Technical name substantia grisea Compare white matter

2. Informal brains or intellect

Thesaurus

Noun

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grey matter - greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers; forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons gray matter, gray substance, grey substance, substantia grisea nerve tissue, nervous tissue - tissue composed of neurons 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 cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, cortex, pallium - the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum

Translations

grey matter n (fig) (fam) → materia grigia

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grey matter n (fig) (fam) → materia grigia