English Explanatory Dictionary

cortical

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
  2. Pertaining to the cortex of a stem or root—the tissue that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɔː.tɪ.kəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cortical.wav /ˈkɔɹ.tɪ.kəl/

Word forms

cortical

Etymology

From Latin cortex (“bark”), stem cortic-, + -al.

Related words

cortex cortico-

Derived words

adrenocortical allocortical amygdalocortical archicortical bicortical cerebellocortical cerebellothalamocortical cerebrocortical cortical column corticalization cortically cortical plate cortical reaction corticocortical cytocortical electrocortical endocortical epicortical exocortical extracortical frontocortical geniculocortical hippocampocortical infracortical intercortical intracortical isocortical juxtacortical koniocortical leucocortical leukocortical mesocortical microcortical midcortical monocortical neocortical neurocortical noncortical nucleocortical occipitocortical paleocortical pallidocortical paracortical pericortical posterocortical precortical prefrontocortical retinocortical spinocortical striatocortical subcortical thalamocortical transcortical tricortical unicortical visuocortical
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