"cortex" meaning in English

See cortex in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɔɹtɛks/ [General-American], /ˈkɔːtɛks/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cortex.wav Forms: cortexes [plural], cortices [plural]
Etymology: From Latin cortex (“cork, bark”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)ker- (cut)}}, {{bor|en|la|cortex||cork, bark}} Latin cortex (“cork, bark”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|+|cortices}} cortex (countable and uncountable, plural cortexes or cortices)
  1. (countable, anatomy) The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Anatomy Translations (outer layer of an internal organ or body structure): ҡабыҡ (qabıq) (Bashkir), ципа (cipa) [feminine] (Bulgarian), còrtex [masculine] (Catalan), 皮质 (pízhì) (Chinese Mandarin), kůra [feminine] (Czech), kuori (Finnish), cortex [masculine] (French), Rinde [feminine] (German), Cortex [masculine] (German), Kortex [masculine] (German), φλοιός (floiós) (Greek), kéreg (Hungarian), kortico (Ido), coirtéis [feminine] (Irish), សំបក (sɑmbɑɑk) (Khmer), 피질 (pijil) (alt: 皮質) (Korean), tûkil [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), bark [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), bork [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kora [feminine] (Polish), córtex [masculine] (Portuguese), кора (kora) (Russian), เปลือก (bplʉ̀ʉak) (Thai), breithell (note: of brain) [feminine] (Welsh), gwisg (note: of other organs) [feminine] (Welsh)
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  2. (uncountable, botany) The tissue of a stem or root that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Botany, Plant anatomy Translations (tissue of a stem or root): кора (kora) [feminine] (Bulgarian), cortex [masculine] (French), kéreg (Hungarian), cortex (Latin), kora [feminine] (Polish), córtex [masculine] (Portuguese), luknap (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-cortex-en-noun-bL8fMBRI Disambiguation of Plant anatomy: 31 64 5 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'tissue of a stem or root': 10 86 4
  3. (archaeology) The outer surface of a piece of flint. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Archaeology
    Sense id: en-cortex-en-noun-CMdrbV9Q Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: bark, cork

Inflected forms

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