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corticomotor

corticomotor adjective: describing motor functions controlled by the cerebral cortex.

Adjective

corticomotor (not comparable)

  1. Describing motor functions controlled by the cerebral cortex

Origin of corticomotor

From cortico- + motor.

Questions about corticomotor

What does corticomotor mean?
Corticomotor means describing motor functions controlled by the cerebral cortex.
What part of speech is corticomotor?
Corticomotor is an adjective.

Words near corticomotor in the dictionary

  1. corticometry
  2. corticomotoneural
  3. corticomotoneuron
  4. corticomotoneuronal
  5. corticomotoneurons
  6. corticomotor
  7. corticomuscular
  8. corticoneuronal
  9. corticonigral
  10. corticonuclear
  11. corticopapillary

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