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cortex
 
Noun cortex has 2 senses
  1. cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, pallium, cortex - the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the gray matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum
    --1 is a kind of neural structure
    --1 is a part of cerebrum
    --1 has parts:
     Golgi's cell, Golgi cell; cortical area, cortical region; frontal lobe; prefrontal lobe; parietal lobe; occipital lobe; temporal lobe
     --1 has substances:
     grey matter, gray matter, grey substance, gray substance, substantia grisea
     --1 has particulars: neopallium, neocortex; archipallium, paleocortex
  2. cortex - the tissue forming the outer layer of an organ or structure in plant or animal
    --2 is a kind of     animal tissue; plant tissue
    Antonyms: medulla
    --2 has particulars: adrenal cortex; renal cortex
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