White-matter definition
Whitish nerve tissue, especially of the brain and spinal cord, consisting chiefly of myelinated nerve fibers.
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Whitish nerve tissue of the brain and spinal cord, consisting chiefly of medullated nerve fibers.
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Whitish nerve tissue, especially of the brain and spinal cord, consisting chiefly of myelinated nerve fibers.
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The whitish tissue of the vertebrate brain and spinal cord, made up chiefly of nerve fibers (axons) covered in myelin sheaths.
(neuroanatomy) A region of the central nervous system containing myelinated nerve fibres and no dendrites.
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