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Brains; a person's ability to think.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Literal brains as a general substance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- He fell from the 5th floor. There is grey matter on the path behind his head. I'm afraid he's dead.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A collection of cell bodies and (usually) dendritic connections, in contrast to white matter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers; forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gray matter, grey substance, gray substance, substantia grisea
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nervous tissue, nerve tissue
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
aivot
— person's ability to think
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French:
matière grise
— person's ability to think
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Greek:
φαιά ουσία
(faiá ousía)
— person's ability to think
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Italian:
materia grigia
— person's ability to think
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Polish:
szare komórki
— person's ability to think
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Vietnamese:
chất xám
— person's ability to think
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Armenian:
գորշ նյութ
(gorš nyutʻ)
— collection of cell bodies
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Asturian:
sustancia gris
— collection of cell bodies
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Catalan:
substància grisa
— collection of cell bodies
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Chinese Mandarin:
灰質 /灰质
(huīzhì)
— collection of cell bodies
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Dutch:
grijze stof
— collection of cell bodies
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Finnish:
harmaa aine
— collection of cell bodies
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French:
matière grise
— collection of cell bodies
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Galician:
materia gris
— collection of cell bodies
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Galician:
substancia gris
— collection of cell bodies
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Georgian:
რუხი ნივთიერება
(ruxi nivtiereba)
— collection of cell bodies
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Georgian:
ტვინის რუხი ნივთიერება
(ṭvinis ruxi nivtiereba)
— collection of cell bodies
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German:
graue Substanz
— collection of cell bodies
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Greek:
φαιά ουσία
(faiá ousía)
— collection of cell bodies
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Hungarian:
szürkeállomány
— collection of cell bodies
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Indonesian:
bahan kelabu
— collection of cell bodies
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Italian:
sostanza grigia
— collection of cell bodies
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Italian:
materia grigia
— collection of cell bodies
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Japanese:
灰白質
(kaihakushitsu)
— collection of cell bodies
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Korean:
회백질
(hoebaekjil)
— collection of cell bodies
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Northern Kurdish:
madeyê gewr
— collection of cell bodies
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Macedonian:
сива маса
(siva masa)
— collection of cell bodies
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Malay:
jirim kelabu
— collection of cell bodies
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Polish:
istota szara
— collection of cell bodies
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Polish:
substancja szara
— collection of cell bodies
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Portuguese:
matéria cinzenta
— collection of cell bodies
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Portuguese:
substância cinzenta
— collection of cell bodies
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Romanian:
materie cenușie
— collection of cell bodies
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Russian:
се́рое вещество́
(séroje veščestvó)
— collection of cell bodies
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Spanish:
sustancia gris
— collection of cell bodies
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Spanish:
materia gris
— collection of cell bodies
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Swedish:
små grå
— collection of cell bodies
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Swedish:
de små grå
— collection of cell bodies
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Vietnamese:
chất xám
— collection of cell bodies
