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    NEUROPILE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    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 embeddedplay

    Synonyms:

    neuropil; neuropile

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("neuropile" is a kind of...):

    nerve tissue; nervous tissue (tissue composed of neurons)

    Holonyms ("neuropile" is a substance of...):

    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)

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