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- 1. the darker tissue of the brain and spinal cord, consisting mainly of nerve cell bodies and branching dendrites.
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Grey matter, or brain matter in American English, is a major component of the central nervous system, consisting of neuronal cell bodies, neuropil, glial cells, synapses, and capillaries. Grey matter is distinguished from white matter in that it contains numerous cell bodies and relatively few myelinated axons, while white matter contains relatively few cell bodies and is composed chiefly of long-... Wikipedia