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Definition of Cortical
1. Adjective. Of or relating to a cortex.
Definition of Cortical
1. a. Belonging to, or consisting of, bark or rind; resembling bark or rind; external; outer; superficial; as, the cortical substance of the kidney.
Definition of Cortical
1. Adjective. (anatomy) Pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain. ¹
2. Adjective. (botany) Pertaining to the cortex of a stem or root—the tissue that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cortical
1. cortex [adj] - See also: cortex
Medical Definition of Cortical
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cortical
Literary usage of Cortical
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Thomas Pickering Pick (1897)
"(16); whilst that portion which stretches from one cortical column to the ...
716), is called a cortical arch, the depth of which varies from a third to ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1893)
"585); whilst that portion which stretches from one cortical column to the next,
and intervenes between the base of the pyramid and the capsule (which is ..."
3. The Development of the Chick: An Introduction to Embryology by Frank Rattray Lillie (1908)
"Origin of the cortical Cords. According to Soulie, the cortical cords arise as
proliferations of a special suprarenal zone of the peritoneum adjacent to the ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1893)
"It lends support to the opinion (upon which there is not so much unanimity) that
there is no cortical representation of sensation in the pre-central ..."
5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"cortical layer, in lichens, a multiple layer of cells forming a false ...
In horizontal frondose lichens there is an upper and a lower cortical layer. ..."
6. The Textile Fibres: Their Physical, Microscopical and Chemical Properties by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1913)
"The cortical Cells.—The cortical layer, or true fibrous portion of the fibre,
... To this cortical tissue the fibre chiefly owes its tensile strength and ..."
7. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"A greater slope (or affinity) was seen for inner cortical than outer cortical
membranes (P < 0.05). Table I shows the mean values for each cortical region. ..."
8. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Protozoa in which the protoplasm of the cell- body, in its adult condition, is
permanently differentiated into two layers, an outer denser cortical ..."
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