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    SUBSTANTIA GRISEA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers; forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neuronsplay

    Synonyms:

    gray matter; gray substance; grey matter; grey substance; substantia grisea

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("substantia grisea" is a kind of...):

    nerve tissue; nervous tissue (tissue composed of neurons)

    Meronyms (substance of "substantia grisea"):

    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)

    Holonyms ("substantia grisea" is a substance of...):

    cerebral cortex; cerebral mantle; cortex; pallium (the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum)

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