grey matter
1grey matter — Grey/gray matter is the human brain …
2grey matter — grey .matter BrE gray matter AmE n [U] informal your intelligence, or your brain …
3grey matter — ► NOUN 1) the darker tissue of the brain and spinal cord. 2) informal intelligence …
4Grey matter — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = substantia grisea GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = The formation of the spinal nerve from the dorsal and ventral roots. (Grey matter labeled at center right.) Caption2 = System = MeshName = MeshNumber =… …
5grey matter — noun greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers; forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons • Syn: ↑gray matter, ↑grey substance, ↑gray substance, ↑substantia grisea • Hypernyms: ↑nervous tissue, ↑nerve… …
6grey matter — See gray matter. * * * the darker coloured tissues of the central nervous system, composed mainly of the cell bodies of neurones, branching dendrites, and glial cells (compare white matter). In the brain grey matter forms the cerebral cortex and… …
7grey matter — the darker coloured tissues of the central nervous system, composed mainly of the cell bodies of neurones, branching dendrites, and glial cells (compare white matter). In the brain grey matter forms the cerebral cortex and the outer layer of the… …
8grey matter — N UNCOUNT You can refer to your intelligence or your brains as grey matter. [INFORMAL] ...an unsolved mathematical equation which has caused his grey matter to work overtime. (in AM, use gray matter) …
9grey matter — noun a) Brains, i.e., a persons ability to think. We can succeed if we all use our grey matter. b) A collection of cell bodies and (usually) dendritic connections. :: contrast to …
10grey matter — brains, brain capacity, intelligence, smarts Sometimes I wonder if he has any grey matter. Oh, he has it, but maybe he doesn t use it …
