cortex

See also: córtex

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin cortex (“bark”).

Noun

cortex (countable and uncountable, plural cortexes or cortices)

1. (countable, anatomy) The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
2. (uncountable, botany) The tissue of a stem or root that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue.

Derived terms

• cortical
• cerebral cortex
• prefrontal cortex

Translations

outer layer of an internal organ or body structure

• Bulgarian: ципа (bg) f (cipa)
• Catalan: còrtex (ca) m
• Czech: kůra (cs) f
• French: cortex (fr) m
• Hungarian: kéreg (hu)

• Irish: coirtéis f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bark (no) m

  Nynorsk: bork (nn) m

tissue of a stem or root

• Bulgarian: кора (bg) f (kora)
• French: cortex (fr) m
• Hungarian: kéreg (hu)

• Latin: cortex
• Polish: kora (pl) f

External links

• cortex at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *sker-. Cognate with Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, “I cut off”), English shear, German scheren, Albanian harr (“to cut, to mow”), Lithuanian skìrti (“separate”), Welsh ysgar (“separate”), Old Armenian քերեմ (kʿerem, “to scrape, scratch”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkor.teks/, [ˈkɔr.tɛks]

Noun

cortex m (genitive corticis); third declension

1. The bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree; cork.
2. The shell or outward part or covering of anything else; body.

Inflection

Third declension.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	cortex	corticēs
genitive	corticis	corticum
dative	corticī	corticibus
accusative	corticem	corticēs
ablative	cortice	corticibus
vocative	cortex	corticēs

Derived terms

• corticātus
• corticeus
• corticōsus

• corticulus
• dēcorticō

Descendants

• Arabic: qurq
• English: cortex, cortical, decorticate
• French: cortex

• Italian: cortice
• Portuguese: córtice
• Spanish: corcho, corche, cortical