grey matter
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grey matter — Grey/gray matter is the human brain … The small dictionary of idiomes
grey matter — grey .matter BrE gray matter AmE n [U] informal your intelligence, or your brain … Dictionary of contemporary English
grey matter — ► NOUN 1) the darker tissue of the brain and spinal cord. 2) informal intelligence … English terms dictionary
Grey matter — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = substantia grisea GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = The formation of the spinal nerve from the dorsal and ventral roots. (Grey matter labeled at center right.) Caption2 = System = MeshName = MeshNumber =… … Wikipedia
grey matter — noun greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers; forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons • Syn: ↑gray matter, ↑grey substance, ↑gray substance, ↑substantia grisea • Hypernyms: ↑nervous tissue, ↑nerve… … Useful english dictionary
grey matter — See gray matter. * * * the darker coloured tissues of the central nervous system, composed mainly of the cell bodies of neurones, branching dendrites, and glial cells (compare white matter). In the brain grey matter forms the cerebral cortex and… … Medical dictionary
grey matter — the darker coloured tissues of the central nervous system, composed mainly of the cell bodies of neurones, branching dendrites, and glial cells (compare white matter). In the brain grey matter forms the cerebral cortex and the outer layer of the… … The new mediacal dictionary
grey matter — N UNCOUNT You can refer to your intelligence or your brains as grey matter. [INFORMAL] ...an unsolved mathematical equation which has caused his grey matter to work overtime. (in AM, use gray matter) … English dictionary
grey matter — brains, brain capacity, intelligence, smarts Sometimes I wonder if he has any grey matter. Oh, he has it, but maybe he doesn t use it … English idioms
grey matter — British & Australian, humorous, American, humorous your intelligence. It s an entertaining film but it doesn t exactly stimulate the old grey matter … New idioms dictionary
