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Noun Concept
Categories: Articles with short description, Central nervous system, Neuroanatomy
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grey matter  gray matter  grey substance  gray substance  substantia grisea
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Greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers; forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons WordNet 3.0
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Greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers; forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Grey matter, or gray matter in American English, is a major component of the central nervous system, consisting of neuronal cell bodies, neuropil, glial cells, synapses, and capillaries. Wikipedia
Component of the central nervous system. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Part of the brain Wikidata
A collection of cell bodies and (usually) dendritic connections, in contrast to white matter. Wiktionary
Collection of cell bodies. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
nervous tissue
HAS PART
amyloid plaques
DE
Hintersäule
PART OF
cerebral cortex
brain
central nervous system
zona incerta
HAS KIND
periaqueductal gray
posterior grey column
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
SUBSTANCE MERONYM
neuropil
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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grey matter, gray matter, grey substance, gray substance, substantia grisea
Wikipedia
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grey matter
Wikidata
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grey matter
Wiktionary
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grey matter
Wikipedia Redirections
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gray matter, gray substance, Grey matter density, Grey substance, substantia cana, substantia cinerea, substantia grisea, Sunstantia cinerea
Wikidata Alias
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gray matter, substantia grisaziah

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