cortex
The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
Noun
- The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
- In the study, led by Ryota Kanai of the University College London, people who identified themselves as liberals generally had a larger anterior cingulate cortex — a comma-shaped region near the front of the brain that...
- The tissue of a stem or root that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue.
- The outer surface of a piece of flint.
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-sder. Latin cortexbor. English cortex Borrowed from Latin cortex (“cork, bark”).
Forms
Hyponyms
adrenal cortex allocortex anterior cingulate cortex archicortex cerebellar cortex cerebral cortex cingulate cortex cytocortex entorhinal cortex insular cortex isocortex mesocortex motor cortex neocortex orbitofrontal cortex paleocortex paracingulate cortex prefrontal cortex renal cortex somatic sensory cortex somatosensory cortex visual cortex
Derived
cerebrocortex cortexless cortical cortico- endocortex epicortex exocortex hemicortex koniocortex paracortex precortex proopiomelanocortic retinex striate cortex subcortex