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Noun: white matter  wIt ma-tu(r)
  1. Whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths
    "White matter facilitates communication between different areas of grey matter";
    - substantia alba

Type of: nerve tissue, nervous tissue

Part of: central nervous system, CNS, systema nervosum centrale

Encyclopedia: White matter