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Grey matter

noun

Greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers; forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons. Synonyms: gray matter, gray substance, grey substance, substantia grisea.

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... they do, the nocturnal and diurnal attendance of a Psycho-physical physician, who knows the Psychosomatic relation of body and mind, and can apply physical remedies, of the effect of which on the physical instrument of intelligence, the grey matter of the brain, we have seen so ...

— Hard Cash • Charles Reade

Words linked to "Grey matter" : neuropile, cortex, nervous tissue, nerve tissue, pallium, cerebral mantle, gray substance, cerebral cortex, neuropil