Definitions for cortex

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cortex cor·tex

Spelling: [kawr-teks]

IPA: /ˈkɔr tɛks/

Cortex is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 91 anagrams from letters in cortex (ceortx).

Definitions for cortex

noun

1. Anatomy, Zoology. the outer region of an organ or structure, as the outer portion of the kidney. the cerebral cortex.
2. Botany. the portion of a stem between the epidermis and the vascular tissue; bark. any outer layer, as rind.
3. Mycology. the surface tissue layer of a fungus or lichen, composed of massed hyphal cells.

Origin of cortex

1650-60; Latin: bark, rind, shell, husk

Examples for cortex

LSD affects the gating process—so much more information is sent to the cortex to be processed.

Yet the cortex plays no part therein; the act is automatic from the beginning.

The bony trabeculae and the cortex are destroyed only secondarily.

If the cortex is or has been involved in its production, it is not a spasm.

The cortex is red, and much thinner than in the mealy sorts.

Brain death implies the complete and permanent absence of neurological function in the cortex and the brainstem.

"And men, I presume, think with their cortex," interposed the cool voice of Ulick.

Don't know how it works, probably tranquilizers and some of the cortex drugs.

This substance was recovered by them from the cortex of the adrenal gland.

Unpredictable: extra fingers or toes or a double dose of cortex?