gray matter

Areas of the brain and spinal cord made up primarily of cell bodies and dendrites of nerve cells rather than myelinated axons (i.e. white matter).

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Related Words

axon ; brain ; cell body ; dendrite ; myelin ; nerve ; spinal cord ; white matter