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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. Synonyms: gray matter, gray substance, grey substance, substantia grisea.

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"Grey matter" Quotes from Famous Books

... her brain watched the unceasing chase with almost a bitterness of sarcasm, merging sometimes into a bitterness of pity. In some women there seems at times to be a dual personality, a woman of the blood at odds with a woman of the grey matter. It was so in Lady Sellingworth's case, but for a long time the former woman dominated the latter, whose empire was to come later with white hair and ...

— December Love • Robert Hichens

... thought him a crass materialist. He had doctored the body until he was able to believe only in the body. He referred everything back to the body. Every emotion, according to him, was only caused by the terminal of a nerve vibrating in a cell contained in the grey matter of the brain. I dare say he thinks the most passionate love could be operated for. And as to any one having an immortal soul—well, I did dare, being naturally fearless, just to mention the possibility of my possessing such a thing. But I was really ...

— Bella Donna - A Novel • Robert Hichens

Words linked to "Grey matter" : nerve tissue, substantia grisea, nervous tissue, cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, neuropile, gray matter, cortex, neuropil, gray substance, pallium