Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)Pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.

    корковыйkorkovyj, кортика́льныйkortikálʹnyj

  2. (not comparable)Pertaining to the cortex of a stem or root—the tissue that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue.

More definitions
  • of or relating to a cortex

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
anatomy: pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure:

Origin

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

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

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