"grey matter" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-grey matter.ogg
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  1. (idiomatic) Brains; a person's ability to think. Tags: idiomatic, uncountable Translations (person's ability to think): aivot [plural] (Finnish), matière grise [feminine] (French), φαιά ουσία (faiá ousía) [feminine] (Greek), materia grigia [feminine] (Italian), szare komórki [nonvirile] (Polish)
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  2. Literal brains as a general substance. Tags: uncountable
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  3. (neuroanatomy) A collection of cell bodies and (usually) dendritic connections, in contrast to white matter. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Neuroanatomy Synonyms: gray matter [US] Related terms: white matter Translations (collection of cell bodies): գորշ նյութ (gorš nyutʻ) (Armenian), sustancia gris [feminine] (Asturian), substància grisa [feminine] (Catalan), 灰質 (Chinese Mandarin), 灰质 (huīzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), harmaa aine (Finnish), matière grise [feminine] (French), materia gris [feminine] (Galician), substancia gris [feminine] (Galician), რუხი ნივთიერება (ruxi nivtiereba) (Georgian), ტვინის რუხი ნივთიერება (ṭvinis ruxi nivtiereba) (Georgian), Graue Substanz [feminine] (German), φαιά ουσία (faiá ousía) [feminine] (Greek), szürkeállomány (Hungarian), sostanza grigia [feminine] (Italian), materia grigia [feminine] (Italian), 灰白質 (kaihakushitsu) (Japanese), 회백질 (hoebaekjil) (Korean), jirim kelabu (Malay), madeyê gewr [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), istota szara [feminine] (Polish), substancja szara [feminine] (Polish), matéria cinzenta [feminine] (Portuguese), substância cinzenta [feminine] (Portuguese), materie cenușie [feminine] (Romanian), се́рое вещество́ (séroje veščestvó) [neuter] (Russian), sustancia gris [feminine] (Spanish), materia gris [feminine] (Spanish), små grå (Swedish), de små grå (Swedish), chất xám (Vietnamese)
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      "word": "aivot"
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      "sense": "collection of cell bodies",
      "word": "գորշ նյութ"
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      "sense": "collection of cell bodies",
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      "sense": "collection of cell bodies",
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      "sense": "collection of cell bodies",
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      "sense": "collection of cell bodies",
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      "sense": "collection of cell bodies",
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      "sense": "collection of cell bodies",
      "word": "灰白質"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "hoebaekjil",
      "sense": "collection of cell bodies",
      "word": "회백질"
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      "sense": "collection of cell bodies",
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      "sense": "collection of cell bodies",
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      "sense": "collection of cell bodies",
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      "sense": "collection of cell bodies",
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      "sense": "collection of cell bodies",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "collection of cell bodies",
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      "sense": "collection of cell bodies",
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}

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