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===Etymology=== In the current edition<ref name="FCAT">Federative Committee on Anatomical Terminology (FCAT) (1998). ''Terminologia Anatomica''. Stuttgart: Thieme{{page needed|date=April 2020}}</ref> of the official Latin nomenclature, ''[[Terminologia Anatomica]]'', ''substantia grisea'' is used for English ''grey matter''. The adjective ''grisea'' for ''grey'' is however not attested in [[classical Latin]].<ref name="Triepel1910b">{{cite book | vauthors = Triepel H | year = 1910 | title = Die anatomischen Namen. Ihre Ableitung und Aussprache. Mit einem Anhang: Biographische Notizen | edition = 3rd | location = Wiesbaden | publisher = Verlag J.F. Bergmann }}{{page needed|date=April 2020}}</ref> The adjective ''grisea'' is derived from the [[French language|French]] word for grey, ''gris''.<ref name="Triepel1910b"/> Alternative designations like ''substantia cana''<ref name="Triepel1910a">{{cite book | vauthors = Triepel H | year = 1910 | title = Nomina Anatomica. Mit Unterstützung von Fachphilologen | location = Wiesbaden | publisher = Verlag J.F. Bergmann }}{{page needed|date=April 2020}}</ref> and ''substantia cinerea''<ref name="Schreger">{{cite book | vauthors = Schreger CH | year = 1805 | chapter = Synonymia anatomica. Synonymik der anatomischen Nomenclatur | veditors = Fürth | title = Bureau für Literatur }}{{page needed|date=April 2020}}</ref> are being used alternatively. The adjective ''cana'', attested in classical Latin,<ref name="Lewis & Short">{{cite book | vauthors = Lewis CT, Short C | year = 1879 | title = A Latin dictionary founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. | location = Oxford | publisher = Clarendon Press }}{{page needed|date=April 2020}}</ref> can mean ''grey'',<ref name="Triepel1910b"/> or ''greyish white''.<ref name=Stearn1983>{{cite book | vauthors = Stearn WT | year = 1983 | title = Botanical Latin. History, grammar, syntax, terminology and vocabulary. | edition = 3rd | publisher = Newton Abbot | location = London | veditors = Charles D }}{{page needed|date=April 2020}}</ref> The classical Latin ''cinerea'' means ''ash-coloured''.<ref name="Lewis & Short"/>
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