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cortical

/ˈkɔː.tɪ.kəl/US/ˈkɔɹ.tɪ.kəl/

cortical adjective: pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.

Adjective

cortical (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
    • An adult male skeleton from Wharram Percy showed fine-grained subperiosteal deposits of new bone on multiple skeletal elements, together with fine cortical pitting[…].2023, Simon Mays, “The Macroscopic Study of Human Skeletal Paleopathology” (chapter 2), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 27
  2. Pertaining to the cortex of a stem or root—the tissue that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue.

cortical meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

cortical in Hindi

कॉर्टिकल, कोर्टिकल

cortical in Tamil

உள்ளுரியைச் சார்ந்த, உடலின் புறம் சார்ந்த, உறுப்பின் புறப்பகுதி சார்ந்த

cortical in Marathi

कॉर्टिकल, कोर्टिकल

cortical in Urdu

کورٹیکل
More languagesFewer languages
cortical in Bengali
কর্টিকাল, কর্টিক্যাল
cortical in Telugu
కార్టికల్
cortical in Malayalam
കോർട്ടിക്കൽ
cortical in Kannada
ಕಾರ್ಟಿಕಲ್
cortical in Punjabi
ਕੋਰਟੀਕਲ
cortical in Gujarati
કોર્ટિકલ, કૉર્ટિકલ
cortical in Odia
କର୍ଟିକାଲ, କର୍ଟିକାଲ୍
cortical in Nepali
कार्टिकल, कर्टिकल

Examples of cortical in a sentence

  • Of these, 24 lesions involved the cortical grey matter and were hence defined as leukocortical lesions.
  • For example, the major feature of type I FCD is the cortical dyslamination.
  • No reduction in albuminuria, glomerulosclerotic index or cortical collagen deposition was observed.

All 22 example sentences with cortical

Origin of cortical

From Latin cortex (“bark”), stem cortic-, + -al.

Words formed from cortical

Phrases with cortical

Questions about cortical

What does cortical mean?
Cortical means pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
What is cortical in Hindi?
Cortical in Hindi is कॉर्टिकल, कोर्टिकल. See Cortical meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is cortical?
Cortical is an adjective.
How do you pronounce cortical?
Cortical is pronounced /ˈkɔː.tɪ.kəl/ (UK).

Words near cortical in the dictionary

  1. cortexless
  2. cortexolone
  3. cortexone
  4. Cortez
  5. Cortez sea chub
  6. cortical
  7. cortical column
  8. cortical columns
  9. cortical plate
  10. cortical plates
  11. cortical reaction

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cortical (page history and authors); cortical (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cortical (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cortical (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cortical (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cortical (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cortical (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cortical (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cortical (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cortical (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cortical (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cortical (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cortical (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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