white matter

white matter

noun

Definition of WHITE MATTER

: neural tissue especially of the brain and spinal cord that consists largely of myelinated nerve fibers bundled into tracts, has a whitish color, and typically underlies the cortical gray matter

First Known Use of WHITE MATTER

1833

Rhymes with WHITE MATTER

back matter, backscatter, bespatter, dark matter, flat-hatter, front matter, gray matter, no matter, standpatter, the matter, wildcatter