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exocortices

exocortices is the plural of exocortex.

Meaning of exocortex

Noun

exocortex (plural exocortexes or exocortices)

  1. A special triple layer in the roots of saprophytic orchids.
  2. A hypothetical artificial information-processing system that would augment a brain's biological cognitive processes.
    • We will move from the neocortex into an exocortex that will give us a lot more capabilities: a superintelligence, probably.2020, Tina Woods, quoting José Cordeiro, Live Longer with AI […] , Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 120

Questions about exocortices

What is exocortices the plural of?
Exocortices is the plural of exocortex.

Words near exocortices in the dictionary

  1. exoconsistencies
  2. exoconsistency
  3. exocortex
  4. exocortexes
  5. exocortical
  6. exocortices
  7. exocortis
  8. exocranial
  9. exocranially
  10. exocrin
  11. exocrinally

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