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white matter

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white matter
n.
Whitish nerve tissue, especially of the brain and spinal cord, consisting chiefly of myelinated nerve fibers.
white matter
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the whitish tissue of the brain and spinal cord, consisting mainly of myelinated nerve fibres Technical name substantia alba Compare grey matter
white matter
The whitish tissue of the vertebrate brain and spinal cord, made up chiefly of nerve fibers (axons) covered in myelin sheaths. Compare gray matter.
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Noun1.white matter - whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths
substantia alba
nerve tissue, nervous tissue - tissue composed of neurons
fibrous astrocyte - star-shaped cells with long processes; found in the white matter of the brain and spinal cord
nerve pathway, nerve tract, pathway, tract - a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain
central nervous system, CNS, systema nervosum centrale - the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord
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