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corticotectal

corticotectal adjective: of, pertaining to, or connecting a cortex and a tectum.

Adjective

corticotectal (comparative more corticotectal, superlative most corticotectal)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or connecting a cortex and a tectum

Forms of corticotectal

comparativemore corticotectal
superlativemost corticotectal

Origin of corticotectal

From cortico- + tectal.

Questions about corticotectal

What does corticotectal mean?
Corticotectal means of, pertaining to, or connecting a cortex and a tectum.
What part of speech is corticotectal?
Corticotectal is an adjective.

Words near corticotectal in the dictionary

  1. corticostriatopallidal
  2. corticostriatothalamic
  3. corticosubcortical
  4. corticosubthalamic
  5. corticosubthalamopallidal
  6. corticotectal
  7. corticotemporal
  8. corticothalamic
  9. corticothalamocerebellar
  10. corticothalamocortical
  11. corticotherapies

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