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Cortex   /kˈɔrtɛks/   Listen
Cortex

noun
(pl. cortices)
1.
The layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum.  Synonyms: cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, pallium.
2.
The tissue forming the outer layer of an organ or structure in plant or animal.
3.
The tissue that surrounds the lens nucleus.  Synonym: lens cortex.



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... Dr. R.J. Ryle at a Conference on Feeble-mindedness (British Medical Journal, October 3, 1911), "be expressed by cleft palate, cataract, or cerebral deficiency of the pyramidal cells in the brain cortex, they may be produced, and, when once produced, they are reproduced as readily as the perfected structure of the face or eye or brain, if the gametes which contain these potentialities unite to form the ovum. But Nature is not only the producer. Given a fair field and no ...
— The Task of Social Hygiene • Havelock Ellis


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