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extracortical

extracortical adjective: outside a cortex.

Adjective

extracortical (not comparable)

  1. Outside a cortex.

Origin of extracortical

From extra- + cortical.

Questions about extracortical

What does extracortical mean?
Extracortical means outside a cortex.
What part of speech is extracortical?
Extracortical is an adjective.

Words near extracortical in the dictionary

  1. extracorporeality
  2. extracorporealize
  3. extracorporealized
  4. extracorporeally
  5. extracorpuscular
  6. extracortical
  7. extracosmic
  8. extracostal
  9. extracoxal
  10. extracranial
  11. extracranially

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