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visual cortex

visual cortex noun: the part of the cerebral cortex that processes visual information.

Noun

visual cortex (plural visual cortexes or visual cortices)

  1. The part of the cerebral cortex that processes visual information.

Forms of visual cortex

pluralvisual cortexes
pluralvisual cortices

Questions about visual cortex

What does visual cortex mean?
Visual cortex means the part of the cerebral cortex that processes visual information.
What part of speech is visual cortex?
Visual cortex is a noun.
What is the plural of visual cortex?
The plural of visual cortex is visual cortexes.

Words near visual cortex in the dictionary

  1. visual axes
  2. visual axis
  3. Visual Basic
  4. visual binaries
  5. visual binary
  6. visual cortex
  7. visual cortexes
  8. visual cortices
  9. visual diaries
  10. visual diary
  11. visual dictionaries

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