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cortical

[ kawr-ti-kuh l ]

/ ˈkɔr tɪ kəl /

adjective

Anatomy. of, pertaining to, resembling, or consisting of cortex.

Physiology. resulting from the function or condition of the cerebral cortex.

Botany. of or relating to the cortex.

Origin of cortical

1665–75; < New Latin corticālis, equivalent to Latin cortic- (stem of cortex) cortex + -ālis -al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM cortical

cor·ti·cal·ly, adverb in·ter·cor·ti·cal, adjective non·cor·ti·cal, adjective non·cor·ti·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby cortical

corti's cell, corti's ganglion, corti's membrane, corti's tunnel, cortic-, cortical, cortical artery, cortical audiometry, cortical blindness, cortical bone, cortical cataract

Example sentences from the Web for cortical

Cortical shell thick walled, smooth, with irregular network.

Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) |Ernst Haeckel
Cortical shell covered with short conical by-spines and irregular roundish pores, three to four times as broad as the bars.

Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) |Ernst Haeckel
Medullary shell hexagonal, one-third as large as the cortical shell.

Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) |Ernst Haeckel
Three gates of the cortical shell kidney-shaped, one and a half times as broad as the arms.

Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) |Ernst Haeckel

All four chambers of the cortical shell nearly of the same size and form, kidney-shaped, twice as broad as long.

Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) |Ernst Haeckel

Medical definitions for cortical

cortical

[ kôr′tĭ-kəl ]

adj.

Of, relating to, derived from, or consisting of cortex.

Of, relating to, associated with, or depending on the cerebral cortex.