"white matter" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} white matter (uncountable)
  1. (neuroanatomy) A region of the central nervous system containing myelinated nerve fibres and no dendrites Wikipedia link: white matter Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Neuroanatomy Translations (region of the central nervous system): substància blanca [feminine] (Catalan), 白質 (Chinese Mandarin), 白质 (báizhì) (Chinese Mandarin), hvid substans (Danish), valkea aine (Finnish), fehérállomány (Hungarian), 白質 (hakushitsu) (Japanese), 백질 (baekjil) (Korean), jirim putih (Malay), madeyê spî [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), istota biała [feminine] (Polish), substancja biała [feminine] (Polish), substanță albă (Romanian), бе́лое вещество́ (béloje veščestvó) [neuter] (Russian), sustancia blanca [feminine] (Spanish), materia blanca [feminine] (Spanish)

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