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neocortex

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The top layer of the cerebral hemispheres in the brain of mammals; part of the cerebral cortex.

Word forms

neocortex neocortices neocortexes

Etymology

From neo- + cortex.

Related words

neocortical

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