cortex
/ˈkɔːtɛks/US/ˈkɔɹtɛks/
cortex noun: the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
Noun
cortex (countable and uncountable, plural cortexes or cortices)
- The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
- In the study, led by Ryota Kanai of the University College London, people who identified themselves as liberals generally had a larger anterior cingulate cortex — a comma-shaped region near the front of the brain that is involved in decision-making. By contrast, those who identified as...2011 April 8, Amie Ninh, “Liberal vs. Conservative: Does the Difference Lie in the Brain?”, in TIME, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2025
- The tissue of a stem or root that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue.
- The outer surface of a piece of flint.
cortex meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
cortex in Hindi
- कॉर्टेक्स, कोर्टेक्स
cortex in Tamil
- புறணி, மேற்பட்டை, ஓடு, மேல் உறை, மேல் பட்டை, வெளிப்பகுதி
cortex in Marathi
- कॉर्टेक्स
cortex in Urdu
- چھال, چھلکا, پوست
More languagesFewer languages
- cortex in Bengali
- কর্টেক্স
- cortex in Telugu
- వల్కలము valkalamu
- cortex in Malayalam
- കോർട്ടക്സ്, കോർട്ടെക്സ്, കോർടെക്സ്
- cortex in Kannada
- ತೊಗಟೆ
- cortex in Punjabi
- ਕੋਰਟੈਕਸ, ਕੋਰਟੇਕਸ
- cortex in Gujarati
- કોર્ટેક્સ
- cortex in Odia
- କର୍ଟେକ୍ସ, କର୍ଟେକ୍ସ୍
- cortex in Nepali
- कोर्टेक्स, कर्टेक्स
- cortex in Tagalog
- luknap
- cortex in Thai
- เปลือก bplʉ̀ʉak
Examples of cortex in a sentence
- The neothalamus contains the largest division of nuclei in the brain and is larger in animals with a well-developed cortex.
- Unlike the cortex, which has mostly immature T cells, or thymocytes, the paracortex has a mixture of immature and mature T cells.
- Bush, within the frontal cortex, it's the PFC that is “the decider.”
Forms of cortex
| plural | cortexes |
|---|---|
| plural | cortices |
Origin of cortex
Borrowed from Latin cortex (“cork, bark”).
Words formed from cortex
Phrases with cortex
- motor cortex
- renal cortex
- visual cortex
- adrenal cortex
- insular cortex
- cerebral cortex
- cingulate cortex
- cerebellar cortex
- entorhinal cortex
- prefrontal cortex
- orbitofrontal cortex
- paracingulate cortex
4 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with cortex
Questions about cortex
- What does cortex mean?
- Cortex means the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
- What is cortex in Hindi?
- Cortex in Hindi is कॉर्टेक्स, कोर्टेक्स. See Cortex meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cortex?
- Cortex is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cortex?
- Cortex is pronounced /ˈkɔɹtɛks/ (US).
- What is the plural of cortex?
- The plural of cortex is cortexes.
Words near cortex in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cortex (page history and authors); cortex (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cortex (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cortex (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cortex (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cortex (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); వల్కలము (Telugu) (page history and authors); cortex (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cortex (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cortex (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cortex (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cortex (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cortex (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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