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gray matter

灰色物质,灰物质,灰色体质,灰质

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Anatomy. nerve tissue, especially of the brain and spinal cord, that contains fibers and nerve cell bodies and is dark reddish-gray.Compare white matter.
    • : Informal. brains or intellect.

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Examples

  • He also worked on research in 2015 showing that people who are frequent lucid dreamers have more gray matter located in the frontal polar cortices.

  • My earliest memoryis throwing clumps of gray matter intothe Mediterranean then waiting forsomething solid to come back.

  • No issue on the mind would be complete without a chance to gaze upon the gray matter itself, and there are brains aplenty in our haunting photo essay documenting a library of malformed specimens.

  • The mother-daughter relationship may be especially influential, with a neuroimaging study from Yale University showing extra gray matter in the brains of moms who reported having warm relationships with their own mothers.

  • In these voids, MRI brain imaging shows a collaborative patchwork of gray matter called the default mode network takes control.

  • To borrow an old right-wing talking point, these people are angry no matter what we do.

  • The end of conventional childbirth might only be a matter of time.

  • In the absence of cultural shifts, then, new reproductive technology might not matter as much for women as it would for men.

  • Before we get to all that, permit me a brief reflection on this matter of Steve Scalise.

  • Nixon said defending the two islands was “a matter of principle.”

  • I assure you, no matter how beautifully we play any piece, the minute Liszt plays it, you would scarcely recognize it!

  • I hate to be long at my toilette at any time; but to delay much in such a matter while travelling is folly.

  • “And the matter of the will was all disposed of by the probate judge today, I hear,” said the judge, his hand on the door.

  • The first month I was here, when there were only five of us, it was quite another matter, but now the room is crowded every time.

  • Let us look over these points again, and make the matter still clearer and more simple.