NEUROPIL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

neuropil; neuropile

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("neuropil" is a kind of...):

nerve tissue; nervous tissue (tissue composed of neurons)

Holonyms ("neuropil" is a substance of...):

gray matter; gray substance; grey matter; grey substance; substantia grisea (greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers; forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons)

Credits