Definition of Subcortical

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or being or involving nerve centers below the cerebral cortex.

Partainyms: Cortex

Definition of Subcortical

1. Adjective. (medicine) Of or pertaining to the subcortex, the portion of the brain located below the cerebral cortex ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Subcortical

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subcortical

subcontrary
subconvexity
subcookie
subcookies
subcool
subcooled
subcooling
subcools
subcoracoid
subcordate
subcoriaceous
subcorneal
subcortex
subcortexes
subcortical (current term)
subcortically
subcortices
subcosta
subcostae
subcostal
subcostals
subcountability
subcountable
subcounties
subcounty
subcover
subcovers
subcranial
subcrescentic

Literary usage of Subcortical

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

1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"(7) Pure Word-Dumbness (subcortical Motor Aphasia of Wernicke; Pure Motor Aphasia of Dejerine) ... (#) Pure Speech-Deafness (or Word-deafness) (subcortical ..."

2. The Integrative action of the nervous system by Charles Scott Sherrington (1906)
"Seat of the inhibition subcortical in these cases. Reciprocal innervation in willed movements. Preponderant representation in the " motor " cortex of the ..."

3. The Integrative Action of the Nervous System by Charles Scott Sherrington (1906)
"Seat of the inhibition subcortical in these cases. Reciprocal innervation in willed movements. Preponderant representation in the " motor " cortex of the ..."

4. The Integrative Action of the Nervous System by Charles Scott Sherrington (1906)
"Seat of the inhibition subcortical in these cases. Reciprocal innervation in willed movements. Preponderant representation in the " motor " cortex of the ..."

5. The Genesis and Dissolution of the Faculty of Speech: A Clinical and by Joseph Collins (1898)
"J. subcortical Motor Aphasia. THERE seems to be a unanimity of opinion among writers on speech disorders in using the term aphasia generically to designate ..."

6. Manual of Neuro-surgery by United States Surgeon-General's Office (1919)
"subcortical injuries, with lodgment of foreign bodies deep in the substance of the brain. IV. Perforating or through-and-through wounds of the cranium, ..."

7. Essentials of Nervous Diseases and Insanity: Their Symptoms and Treatment. A by John C. Shaw (1892)
"subcortical Lesions. Localization of lesions below the cortex and above the basal ganglia has only recently been attempted. This mass of while matter, ..."

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