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noun
The principal constituent of the central and peripheral nervous system comprising neurons and neuroglia cells.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, neurology, neuroscience, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
tissue composed of neurons
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: nerve tissue
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: animal tissue
Narrower terms: fiber bundle, fibre bundle, fascicle, fasciculus, neuropil, neuropile, grey matter, gray matter, grey substance, gray substance, substantia grisea, white matter, substantia alba
History
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