| NOUN | body | nerve tissue, nervous tissue | tissue composed of neurons |
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| Meaning | tissue composed of neurons. | |
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| Synonym | nervous tissue | |
| Part of | nervous system, systema nervosum | The sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells |
| Narrower | fiber bundle, fibre bundle, fascicle, fasciculus | A bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers) |
| grey matter, gray matter, grey substance, gray substance, substantia grisea | greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers | |
| neuropil, neuropile | 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 | |
| white matter, substantia alba | whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths | |
| Broader | animal tissue | The tissue in the bodies of animals |
| Spanish | tejido nervioso | |
| Catalan | teixit nerviós | |
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