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noun

Cortex n. (pl. cortices)

Bark, as of a tree; hence, an outer covering.

(Med.) Bark; rind; specifically, cinchona bark.

(Anat.) The outer or superficial part of an organ; as, the cortex or gray exterior substance of the brain.

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Etymology of 'Cortex'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... of the left occipital cortex in the cuneate lobe and the neighbourhood of the calcarine fissure. The speech suggests a slight ...

— Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 • George Henry Makins

... shall again have occasion to mention in dealing with his own contributions to the kind. He writes: 'Theocritus Syracusanus Poeta, ut ab antiquis accepimus, primus fuit, qui Graeco Carmine Buccolicum escogitavit stylum, verum nil sensit, praeter quod cortex verborum demonstrat. Post hunc Latine scripsit Virgilius, sed sub cortice nonnullos abscondit sensus, esto non semper voluerit sub nominibus colloquentium aliquid sentiremus. Post hunc autem scripserunt et alii, sed ignobiles, de quibus nil curandum est, excepto inclyto Praeceptore ...

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