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Cortical

//ˈkɔɹ.tɪ.kəl// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Pertaining to the cortex of a stem or root—the tissue that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to a cortex wordnet

Etymology

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

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