neuropil

neuropil
neu·ro·pil 'n(y)u̇r-ə-.pil also neu·ro·pile -.pīl n a fibrous network of delicate unmyelinated nerve fibers interrupted by numerous synapses and found in concentrations of nervous tissue esp. in parts of the brain where it is highly developed
neu·ro·pi·lar -.pī-lər adj

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n.
nerve tissue that is visible microscopically as a mass of interwoven and interconnected nerve endings, dendrites, and other neurone components, rather than an ordered array of axons.

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neu·ro·pil (noorґo-pil) [neuro- + Gr. pilos felt] a dense feltwork of interwoven cytoplasmic processes of nerve cells (dendrites and axons) and of neuroglial cells in the gray matter of the central nervous system.

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