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grey matter

noun

greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers; forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons

• Syn: ↑gray matter, ↑grey substance, ↑gray substance, ↑substantia grisea

• Hypernyms: ↑nervous tissue, ↑nerve tissue

• Substance Holonyms: ↑cerebral cortex, ↑cerebral mantle, ↑pallium, ↑cortex

• Substance Meronyms: ↑neuropil, ↑neuropile

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ˈgrey matter [grey matter] (especially BrE) (NAmE usually ˈgray matter) noun uncountable (informal)

a person's intelligence

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This should exercise the old grey matter.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.