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Definition of Neuropil
1. Noun. The complex network of unmyelinated axones, dendrites, and glial branches that form the bulk of the central nervous system's grey matter and in which nerve cell bodies are embedded.
Exact synonyms: Neuropile
Generic synonyms: Nerve Tissue, Nervous Tissue
Substance meronyms: Gray Matter, Gray Substance, Grey Matter, Grey Substance, Substantia Grisea
Generic synonyms: Nerve Tissue, Nervous Tissue
Substance meronyms: Gray Matter, Gray Substance, Grey Matter, Grey Substance, Substantia Grisea
Definition of Neuropil
1. part of the nervous system in vertebrates [n -S]
Medical Definition of Neuropil
1. A dense intricate feltwork of interwoven fine glial processes, fibrils, synaptic terminals, axons, and dendrites interspersed among the nerve cells in the gray matter of the central nervous system. (12 Dec 1998)
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