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Medical Definition of Isocortex
1. O. And C. Vogt's term for the larger part of the mammalian cerebral cortex, distinguished from the allocortex by being composed of a larger number of nerve cells arranged in six layers. See: cerebral cortex. Synonym: homotypic cortex, neocortex, neopallium. (05 Mar 2000)