cortical

From Latin cortex (“bark”); Effectively cortex +‎ -ical.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔː.tɪ.kəl/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹ.tɪ.kəl/

cortical (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
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.

• cortex
• cortico-

• “cortical”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• crotalic

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cortical (feminine corticale, masculine plural corticaux, feminine plural corticales)

1. cortical

• “cortical”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

cortical (not comparable)

1. cortical

• cortice

Borrowed from French cortical.

cortical m or n (feminine singular corticală, masculine plural corticali, feminine and neuter plural corticale)

1. cortical

• IPA^(key): /koɾtiˈkal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: cor‧ti‧cal

cortical m or f (masculine and feminine plural corticales)

1. cortical

• “cortical”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10