English Explanatory Dictionary

exocortex

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A special triple layer in the roots of saprophytic orchids.
  2. A hypothetical artificial information-processing system that would augment a brain's biological cognitive processes.

Word forms

exocortex exocortexes exocortices

Etymology

From exo- + cortex. The botanical sense involves the "tree bark" sense of cortex; the neurotechnology sense involves the cerebral cortex sense of cortex.

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