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precortical

precortical adjective: prior to the development of the cortex of the brain.

Adjective

precortical (not comparable)

  1. Prior to the development of the cortex of the brain
  2. Relating to the prefrontal cortex

Origin of precortical

From pre- + cortical.

Questions about precortical

What does precortical mean?
Precortical means prior to the development of the cortex of the brain.
What part of speech is precortical?
Precortical is an adjective.

Words near precortical in the dictionary

  1. precorrin
  2. precorrins
  3. precorroded
  4. precortex
  5. precortexes
  6. precortical
  7. precortically
  8. precosmic
  9. precosmical
  10. precosmogonic
  11. precostal

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