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pericortical

pericortical adjective: surrounding a cortex.

Adjective

pericortical (not comparable)

  1. Surrounding a cortex

Origin of pericortical

From peri- + cortical.

Questions about pericortical

What does pericortical mean?
Pericortical means surrounding a cortex.
What part of speech is pericortical?
Pericortical is an adjective.

Words near pericortical in the dictionary

  1. pericopic
  2. pericorneal
  3. pericoronal
  4. pericoronary
  5. pericoronitis
  6. pericortical
  7. pericostal
  8. pericrane
  9. pericranes
  10. pericrania
  11. pericranial

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