Medical Dictionary
gray matter
noun
Medical Definition of GRAY MATTER
: neural tissue especially of the brain and spinal cord that contains cell bodies as well as nerve fibers, has a brownish gray color, and forms most of the cortex and nuclei of the brain, the columns of the spinal cord, and the bodies of ganglia—called also gray substance
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