Definition of Cinerea

1. Noun. (anatomy) The grey matter of the brain ¹

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Definition of Cinerea

1. the grey matter of the brain [n -S]

Medical Definition of Cinerea

1. 1. The gray matter of the brain and other parts of the nervous system. 2. Obsolete term for mantle layer. Origin: L. Fem. Of cinereus, ashy, fr. Cinis, ashes (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cinerea

cineplastic amputation
cineplastics
cineplex
cineplexes
cineraceous
cineradiograph
cineradiographical
cineradiographs
cineradiography
cineraria
cinerarias
cinerarium
cinerary
cineration
cinerator
cinerea (current term)
cinereal
cinereas
cinereous
cinereous tinamou
cinereous tinamous
cinereous vulture
cinereous vultures
cinerescent
cinerin
cinerins
cinerite
cinerites
cineritious
cineroentgenography

Literary usage of Cinerea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletins of American Paleontology by Cornell University, Paleontological Research Institution (1895)
"Cypraea cinerea Gmelin, Jaume and Perez Farfante, Soc. ... The Recent Venezuelan shells here referred to C. cinerea are of medium size, subcylindrical to ..."

2. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"The lamina cinerea begins at the posterior border of the optic commissure, ... The anterior boundary of the third ventricle is the lamina cinerea below ..."

3. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1894)
"B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 283 (1849) Type. . G. cinerea. . G. cinerea. ... G. cinerea. Range. Indian Peninsula and Ceylon, through the Burmese countries to China ..."

4. Anatomical Technology as Applied to the Domestic Cat: An Introduction to by Burt Green Wilder, Simon Henry Gage (1882)
"It is a continuous mass of alba and cinerea. The cranial portion is the encephalon or ... The general arrangement of alba nnd cinerea in the brain will be ..."

5. Psyche by Cambridge Entomological Club (1893)
"DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PREPARATORY STAGES OF TWO FORMS OF CERURA cinerea Walk. ... My examples of cinerea were nearly without crimson spots in the dorsal ..."

6. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1897)
"I may mention that I have referred the specimen to Mr. Barrett, who unhesitatingly pronounces it to be A. cinerea. Having no knowledge of any previous ..."

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