grey matter
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grey matter
orgray matter
n
1. (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
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Noun | 1. | grey matter - greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers; forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons 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 |
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n (fig) (fam) → materia grigiaCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995