English noun: neuropil | |||
1. | neuropil (body) 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 | ||
Synonyms | neuropile | ||
Broader (hypernym) | nerve tissue, nervous tissue | ||
Substance meronym | gray matter, gray substance, grey matter, grey substance, substantia grisea | ||