Meanings
nounwhite matter (uncountable)
- uncountableanatomyA region of the central nervous system containing myelinated nerve fibres and no dendrites.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounwhitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths
Similar
substantia alba
Broader
nervous tissuenerve tissue
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan substància blanca
- substància blancaregion of the central nervous system
Chinese Mandarin 白質 /白质
- 白質 /白质 (báizhì)region of the central nervous system
Danish hvid substans
- hvid substansregion of the central nervous system
Dutch witte stof
- witte stofregion of the central nervous system
Finnish valkea aine
- valkea aineregion of the central nervous system
German weiße Substanz
- weiße Substanzregion of the central nervous system
Hungarian fehérállomány
- fehérállományregion of the central nervous system
Japanese 白質
- 白質 (hakushitsu)region of the central nervous system
Korean 백질
- 백질 (baekjil)region of the central nervous system
Malay jirim putih
- jirim putihregion of the central nervous system
Polish istota biała, substancja biała
- istota białaregion of the central nervous system
- substancja białaregion of the central nervous system
Romanian substanță albă
- substanță albăregion of the central nervous system
Russian бе́лое вещество́
- бе́лое вещество́ (béloje veščestvó)region of the central nervous system
Spanish sustancia blanca, materia blanca
- sustancia blancaregion of the central nervous system
- materia blancaregion of the central nervous system
Cite this entry
APA
white matter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white%20matter
MLA
“white matter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white%20matter. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “white matter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white%20matter.
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