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white matter in American English
whitish nerve tissue of the brain and spinal cord, consisting chiefly of medullated nerve fibers
noun: nerve tissue, esp. of the brain and spinal cord, which primarily contains myelinated fibers and is nearly white in color

white matter in British English
noun: the whitish tissue of the brain and spinal cord, consisting mainly of myelinated nerve fibres

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