'gray matter' definitions:
Definition of 'gray matter'
From: WordNet
noun
Greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers; forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons [syn: grey matter, gray matter, grey substance, gray substance, substantia grisea]
Synonyms of 'gray matter'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- afferent neuron,
- arachnoid,
- arbor vitae,
- archipallium,
- autonomic nervous system,
- axon,
- bean,
- between brain,
- brain,
- brain stem,
- brains,
- central nervous system,
- cerebellar hemispheres,
- cerebellum,
- cerebral cortex,
- cerebrospinal fluid,
- cerebrum,
- conception,
- convolution,
- corpus callosum,
- corpus striatum,
- craniosacral nervous system,
- dendrite,
- diencephalon,
- discourse of reason,
- discursive reason,
- dura mater,
- effector organ,
- efferent neuron,
- encephalon,
- endbrain,
- esprit,
- fissure,
- folia,
- forebrain,
- fornix,
- frontal lobe,
- ganglion,
- glial cells,
- globus pallidus,
- gyrus,
- head,
- headpiece,
- hindbrain,
- hippocampus,
- hypothalamus,
- intellect,
- intellection,
- intellectual faculty,
- intelligence,
- internuncial neuron,
- lenticular nucleus,
- limbic lobe,
- little brain,
- lobe,
- mantle,
- medulla oblongata,
- medullary sheath,
- meninges,
- mens,
- mental capacity,
- mentality,
- mesencephalon,
- metencephalon,
- midbrain,
- mind,
- myelencephalon,
- neopallium,
- nerve,
- nerve trunk,
- nervous system,
- neuron,
- noddle,
- noggin,
- noodle,
- nous,
- occipital lobe,
- optic chiasm,
- organ of thought,
- pallium,
- parietal lobe,
- pate,
- peripheral nervous system,
- pia mater,
- pineal body,
- pituitary body,
- plexus,
- pons,
- power of reason,
- psyche,
- ratio,
- rationality,
- reason,
- reasoning,
- reasoning faculty,
- reticular system,
- rhombencephalon,
- sconce,
- seat of thought,
- sensation,
- sensorium,
- sensory,
- sensory area,
- sensory cell,
- smarts,
- solar plexus,
- spinal cord,
- subthalamus,
- synapse,
- telencephalon,
- temporal lobe,
- thalamus,
- thoracolumbar nervous system,
- understanding,
- ventricle,
- vermis,
- Vernunft,
- white matter,
- wit