cortical

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EnglishEdit

WOTD – 22 April 2010

EtymologyEdit

From Latin cortex (“bark”).

PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔː.tɪ.kəl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹ.tɪ.kəl/

AdjectiveEdit

cortical (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
2. (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 termsEdit

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
• retinocortical
• subcortical
• thalamocortical
• transcortical
• tricortical
• unicortical

Related termsEdit

• cortex
• cortico-

TranslationsEdit

anatomy: pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure

• Finnish: kortikaalinen, kuori- (fi)
• Russian: корковый (ru) (korkovyj), кортика́льный (ru) (kortikálʹnyj)

• Spanish: cortical

botany: pertaining to the cortex of a stem or root

• Finnish: kortikaalinen

Further readingEdit

• cortical at OneLook Dictionary Search

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AdjectiveEdit

cortical (plural corticales)

1. cortical