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cortical

[kawr-ti-kuhl]

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

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

Botany. of or pertaining to the cortex.

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

Related forms

cor·ti·cal·ly, adverb

in·ter·cor·ti·cal, adjective

non·cor·ti·cal, adjective

non·cor·ti·cal·ly, adverb

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Cortical is always a great word to know.

So is jugular. Does it mean:

a pear-shaped, muscular sac attached to the undersurface of the right lobe of the liver, in which bile is stored and concentrated

pertaining to any of certain large veins of the neck collecting blood from the superficial parts of the head or collecting blood from within the skull

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World English Dictionary

cortex (ˈkɔːtɛks)

—n , pl -tices
1.	anatomy the outer layer of any organ or part, such as the grey matter in the brain that covers the cerebrum (cerebral cortex) or the outer part of the kidney (renal cortex)
2.	botany
	a. the unspecialized tissue in plant stems and roots between the vascular bundles and the epidermis
	b. the outer layer of a part such as the bark of a stem

[C17: from Latin: bark, outer layer]

cortical

—*adj*

'cortically

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

cortical

1670s, from Mod.L. corticalis, from cortex "bark of a tree."

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Medical Dictionary

cortical cor·ti·cal (kôr'tĭ-kəl)
adj.