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