"cortical" meaning in English

See cortical in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈkɔː.tɪ.kəl/ [UK], /ˈkɔɹ.tɪ.kəl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cortical.wav
Etymology: From Latin cortex (“bark”); Effectively cortex + -ical. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)ker- (cut)}}, {{uder|en|la|cortex||bark}} Latin cortex (“bark”), {{suf|en|cortex|ical}} cortex + -ical Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} cortical (not comparable)
  1. (anatomy) Pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Anatomy Translations (anatomy: pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure): cortical (Catalan), kortikaalinen (Finnish), kuori- (Finnish), kortikal (Norwegian Bokmål), cortical (Portuguese), корковый (korkovyj) (Russian), кортика́льный (kortikálʹnyj) (Russian), cortical (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-cortical-en-adj-y6CnqFMS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ical, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ical: 72 28 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 81 19 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'anatomy: pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure': 89 11
  2. (botany) Pertaining to the cortex of a stem or root—the tissue that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Botany Translations (botany: pertaining to the cortex of a stem or root): cortical (Catalan), kortikaalinen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-cortical-en-adj-~wGx6cDs Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'botany: pertaining to the cortex of a stem or root': 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: cortex, cortico-

Alternative forms

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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɔɹ.tɪ.kəl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "anatomy: pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure",
      "word": "cortical"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "anatomy: pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure",
      "word": "kortikaalinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "anatomy: pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure",
      "word": "kuori-"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "anatomy: pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure",
      "word": "kortikal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "anatomy: pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure",
      "word": "cortical"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "korkovyj",
      "sense": "anatomy: pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure",
      "word": "корковый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kortikálʹnyj",
      "sense": "anatomy: pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure",
      "word": "кортика́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "anatomy: pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure",
      "word": "cortical"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "botany: pertaining to the cortex of a stem or root",
      "word": "cortical"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "botany: pertaining to the cortex of a stem or root",
      "word": "kortikaalinen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cortical"
}

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