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Gray matter

noun

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

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"Gray matter" Quotes from Famous Books

... a man will use his head, any business will go,—farming or making hats. It's the gray matter that counts, and the fellow that puts a little more of it into his business than his neighbor does, is the one ...

— The Fat of the Land - The Story of an American Farm • John Williams Streeter

... he was generating inside, and at intervals he managed to produce a peculiar noise that reminded one of the bubbling of a camel. I began to think that One Eye, besides being deaf and dumb, was suffering from a shortage of gray matter inside his ugly-shaped head. He strutted up and down, and narrowly escaped toppling over the ledge through attempting a cake dance as a grand finale to the insane actions prompted by the successful manner in which he ...

— The White Waterfall • James Francis Dwyer

Words linked to "Gray matter" : pallium, nerve tissue, grey substance, gray substance, nervous tissue, cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, grey matter, cortex, neuropil, neuropile, substantia grisea