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    cortex

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    (kor′teks″ )

    (kort′ĭ-sēz″)
    pl. cortices [L. cortex, stem cortic-, rind]

    1. The outer layer of an organ as distinguished from the inner medulla, as in the adrenal gland, kidney, ovary, lymph node, and thymus.
    2. The outer layer of a structure, as a hair or the lens of the eye.
    3. In the brain, a surface sheet of layered or laminated gray matter, as in the outermost sector of the cerebral and cerebellar hemispheres.
    4. The outer superficial portion of the stem or root of a plant.

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    TY - ELEC T1 - cortex ID - 735759 ED - Venes,Donald, BT - Taber's Medical Dictionary UR - https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/735759/all/cortex PB - F.A. Davis Company ET - 23 DB - Taber's Online DP - Unbound Medicine ER -