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neuropile vs nervous tissue

nervous tissue vs neuropile

neuropile and nervous tissue both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
neuropile Yes No No No
nervous tissue Yes No No No
As nouns, nervous tissue is a hypernym of neuropile; that is, nervous tissue is a word with a broader meaning than neuropile:
  • neuropile: 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
  • nervous tissue: tissue composed of neurons
Other hypernyms of neuropile include nerve tissue.
neuropile (noun) nervous tissue (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 tissue composed of neurons
Difference between neuropile and nervous tissue

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