Sinonim white matter

English Thesaurus

1. whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths (noun.body)

hypernym	:	nerve tissue, nervous tissue,
definition	:	tissue composed of neurons (noun.body)

hyponym	:	nerve pathway, nerve tract, pathway, tract,
definition	:	a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain (noun.body)

part holonym	:	fibrous astrocyte,
definition	:	star-shaped cells with long processes; found in the white matter of the brain and spinal cord (noun.body)

substance meronym	:	central nervous system, cns, systema nervosum centrale,
definition	:	the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord (noun.body)