The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cortex \Cor"tex\ (k[^o]r"t[e^]ks), n.; pl. Cortices (-t?-s?z).
Bark, as of a tree; hence, an outer covering.
(Med.) Bark; rind; specifically, cinchona bark.
(Anat.) The outer or superficial part of an organ; as, the cortex or gray exterior substance of the brain.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of cortex English)
WordNet
See cortex
n. the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the gray matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum [syn: cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, pallium]
the tissue forming the outer layer of an organ or structure in plant or animal [ant: medulla]
[also: cortices (pl)]
Usage examples of "cortices".
Their cerebellums, for instance, were a good deal more developed, and the blood supply to their cerebral cortices was greater by almost twenty-two percent.
Although she rarely noticed which of her two cerebral cortices processed her sensory input, this time she knew it was Dax who thought that familiar voice had spoken through the clatter of suits being donned.
Her slim fingers flew across her panel faster than any human's could have, powered by the ferocious intellect of two cerebral cortices working in unison.
Her slim fingers flew across her panel faster than any human's could have, powered by the ferocious intellect of two cerebral cortices working in unison.
A version of Penfield's maps of the sensory and motor cortices appear on pages 36 and 37.
They have found that after several weeks of learning new tasks in laboratory contexts, rats develop the kind of new neural branches in their cortices that form synapses.
Severe damage to the victims’ nervous systems, synapses ravaged up and down the line, cerebral cortices burned out as if someone had plunged live wires into them.
Severe damage to the victims nervous systems, synapses ravaged up and down the line, cerebral cortices burned out as if someone had plunged live wires into them.
Later I would discover how to switch between visual cortices, but at the time, I could only watch my field of vision slowly crossfade back and forth.
Tonelli was actually watching McCain's announcement on his office TV while we were doing the first round of cuts on the telephoneand apparently Rolling Stone 's top brass's fear of looking dated came roaring back into their pre-frontal cortices and they told poor Mr.