English noun: gray substance | |||
1. | gray substance (body) greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers; forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons | ||
Synonyms | gray matter, grey matter, grey substance, substantia grisea | ||
Broader (hypernym) | nerve tissue, nervous tissue | ||
Substance holonym | neuropil, neuropile | ||
Substance meronym | cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, cortex, pallium | ||