English noun: substantia alba | |||
| 1. | substantia alba (body) whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths | ||
| Synonyms | white matter | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | nerve tissue, nervous tissue | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | nerve pathway, nerve tract, pathway, tract | ||
| Part holonym | fibrous astrocyte | ||
| Substance meronym | central nervous system, CNS, systema nervosum centrale | ||