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Gray Matter

Definition: Gray Matter

Gray Matter

Noun

1. Greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers; forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Gray Matter

Synonyms: gray substance (n), grey matter (n), grey substance (n), substantia grisea (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Gray Matter

English words defined with "gray matter": basal ganglioncerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, claustrum, cortexGolgi cell, Golgi's cellhippocampuspallium, protoplasmic astrocytespinal cordthalamus. (references)
Specialty definitions using "gray matter": blue mudDentate GyrusHypothalamus, AnteriorMamillary Bodies, Midline Thalamic NucleiNeuropilPeriaqueductal GraySolitary NucleusTuber Cinereum. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Gray Matter

DomainTitle

Books

  • Care and Feeding of the Brain: A Guide to Your Gray Matter (reference)

  • Gray Matter (reference)

  • Gray Matter and Night Shift (reference)

  • The Gray Matter : The Forgotten Story of the Telephone (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Gray Matter

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Position emission tomography (PET) of cerebral glucose utilization in a normal individual. This tomogram is through the upper part of the cerebral hemisphere. Note discrimination between gray matter (yellow-red color) and white matter (green-blue color) which uses less glucose. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Gray Matter

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

White matter is located in the outer portion of the spinal cord, and gray matter is in the center. (references)

The folds in the brain add to its surface area and therefore increase the amount of gray matter and the quantity of information that can be processed. (references)

To evade inhibitory proteins from oligodendrocytes, the bridges routed regenerating axons away from white matter, where they would normally grow, and into gray matter. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Gray Matter

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

gray matter studio

63

gray matter

34
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Modern Translations: Gray Matter

Language Translations for "gray matter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

ektopi af den grå substans (gray matter heterotopia, heterotopic gray matter, heterotopic grey matter). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

heterotopie van grijze stof (gray matter heterotopia, heterotopic gray matter, heterotopic grey matter). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

heterotopia substantiae griseae (gray matter heterotopia, heterotopic gray matter, heterotopic grey matter), harmaan aineen virhesijainti (gray matter heterotopia, heterotopic gray matter, heterotopic grey matter). (various references)

   

French

  

hétérotopie de substance grise (gray matter heterotopia, heterotopic gray matter, heterotopic grey matter). (various references)

   

German

  

Heterotopie der grauen Substanz (gray matter heterotopia, heterotopic gray matter, heterotopic grey matter). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ετεροτοπία φαιάς ουσίας (gray matter heterotopia, heterotopic gray matter, heterotopic grey matter). (various references)

   

Italian

  

eterotopia di sostanza grigia (gray matter heterotopia, heterotopic gray matter, heterotopic grey matter). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

脳漿 (spinal fluid), 灰白質 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

のうしょう (Agriculture Minister, brain fever, spinal fluid), かいはくしつ. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aygray attermay

   

Russian 

  

серое вещество. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

heterotopia de sustancia gris (gray matter heterotopia, heterotopic gray matter, heterotopic grey matter). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

zekâ (acuity, acumen, acuteness, brain, brains, cleverness, cuteness, deepness, grey matter, intelligence, mental, mentality, nous, penetration, quick wit, sagacity, sapience, senses, understanding, wit), beynin merkezindeki gri yapı, beyin (brain, brains, cerebral, cerebrum, encephalic, grey matter, intelligence, loaf, mastermind, sensorium), akıl (advice, bean, brain, chump, comprehension, consciousness, grey matter, head, headpiece, intellect, intelligence, loaf, memory, mental, mind, nous, prudence, psyche, reason, sapience, senses, strength of mind, wisdom, wit). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Gray Matter

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

heterotopia substantiae griseae. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Gray Matter

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-g-m-r-r-t-t-y"

-2 letters: gramarye.

-3 letters: gramary, mattery, regatta, regmata, trymata.

-4 letters: artery, errata, garret, garter, grater, grayer, gyrate, margay, martyr, matter, ramate, ratter, target, tartar, tarter, treaty, yatter.

-5 letters: agate, armer, armet, array, attar, etyma, gamay, gamer, gamey, gayer, germy, grama, grate, great, marge, marry, mater, matey, matte, meaty, merry, ramet, rater, ratty, rearm, reata, regma, retag.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Gray Matter


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

47 72 61 79      4D 61 74 74 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000111 01110010 01100001 01111001 00100000 01001101 01100001 01110100 01110100 01100101 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#71 &#114 &#97 &#121 &#32 &#77 &#97 &#116 &#116 &#101 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 0072 0061 0079      004D 0061 0074 0074 0065 0072

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

418467912476786867184

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Translations: Ancient
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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Fins, finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, ‏اللغة الفنلندية, ‏فنلندية, ‏فنلندي, фински език, фински, Pinlandino, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, finskt, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finnskur, finnska, finlandese, 핀란", Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, Finisi, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan, for Finnish;
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Turks, turk, ‏تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, ‏اللغة التركية, Turcu, турски, турски език, Turko, 土耳其, 土耳其語 , tureètina, turecký, turkist, turkkilainen, turque, turc, Turksk, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türk, türkçe, турецька мова, турецький, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ, for Turkish;