English > nervous tissue: 1 sense > noun 1, body| Meaning | tissue composed of neurons. |
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| Synonym | nerve tissue |
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| Part of | nervous system, systema nervosum | The sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells |
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| Narrower | fiber bundle, fibre bundle, fascicle, fasciculus | A bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers) |
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| 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 |
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| Spanish | tejido nervioso |
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| Catalan | teixit nerviós |
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| Adjectives | neurogenic | arising in or stimulated by nerve tissues |
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