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NEUROPIL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The complex network of unmyelinated axones, dendrites, and glial branches that form the bulk of the central nervous system's grey matter and in which nerve cell bodies are embedded
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("neuropil" is a kind of...):
nerve tissue; nervous tissue (tissue composed of neurons)
Holonyms ("neuropil" is a substance of...):
gray matter; gray substance; grey matter; grey substance; substantia grisea (greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers; forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons)
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