cortical
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin cortex (“bark”).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
cortical (not comparable)
- (anatomy) Pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
- (botany) Pertaining to the cortex of a stem or root—the tissue that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue.
Derived terms
- adrenocortical
- bicortical
- cerebellocortical
- cerebrocortical
- cortical column
- cortically
- cortical plate
- cortical reaction
- corticocortical
- electrocortical
- endocortical
- epicortical
- exocortical
- extracortical
- frontocortical
- geniculocortical
- hippocampocortical
- intercortical
- intracortical
- isocortical
- juxtacortical
- koniocortical
- leukocortical
- mesocortical
- monocortical
- neocortical
- noncortical
- pallidocortical
- paracortical
- pericortical
- retinocortical
- subcortical
- thalamocortical
- transcortical
- tricortical
- unicortical
Related terms
Translations
anatomy: pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure
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botany: pertaining to the cortex of a stem or root
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Further reading
- “cortical”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Interlingua
Adjective
cortical (not comparable)
Related terms
Spanish
Adjective
cortical m or f (masculine and feminine plural corticales)