Definition of Cortices

1. Noun. (plural of cortex) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cortices

1. cortex [n] - See also: cortex

Medical Definition of Cortices

1. Plural of cortex. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cortices

cortical nephrocalcinosis
cortical osteitis
cortical part
cortical part of middle cerebral artery
cortical potential
cortical region
cortical sensibility
cortical substance
corticalization
cortically
corticalosteotomy
corticate
corticectomy
cortices (current term)
corticiferous
corticiform
corticifugal
corticine
corticines
corticipetal
cortico-
cortico-hypothalamic
corticoafferent
corticobulbar
corticobulbar fibre
corticobulbar tract
corticocallosal
corticocerebellar

Literary usage of Cortices

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of organic materia medica by John Michael Maisch (1890)
"cortices. Barks constitute the outer layer of dicotyledonous stems and roots, separated from the wood by the cambium layer, and are collected mostly from ..."

2. A Manual of Organic Materia Medica: Being a Guide to Materia Medica of the by John Michael Maisch (1882)
"cortices. Barks constitute the outer layer of dicotyledonous stems and roots, separated from the wood by the cambium layer, and are collected mostly from ..."

3. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association by Geologists' Association (1908)
"white cortices. By dint of handling the bulk of the loose chalk, we found a number of ... of with thin milky cortices. We found two crushed examples the ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1893)
"Adrenals both contain much fat in the cortices. CASE XXXI. ... Adrenals both contain a great deal of fat diffused throughout their entire cortices. ..."

5. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"THE ISCHEMIC (ENDOCRINE) KIDNEY " Renin activity was measured in homogenates (pool of 5 control renal cortices and 8 to 10 ischemic renal cortices). ..."

6. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1893)
"Adrenals both contain considerable fat in cortices, the left more than the right ... Adrenals both contain much fat in cortices. CASE XXXI.—Lobar pneumonia. ..."

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