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cerebral cortex en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /səˈɹiː.bɹəl ˈkɔɹtɛks/ (General-American)
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• /ˈsɛ.ɹɪb.ɹəl ˈkɔːtɛks/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsɛɹ.əb.ɹəl ˈkɔɹtɛks/ (General-American)
• /səˈɹiː.bɹəl ˈkɔːtɛks/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

1. The grey, folded, outermost layer of the cerebrum that is responsible for higher brain processes such as sensation, voluntary muscle movement, thought, reasoning, and memory.
   • Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems— […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies. 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:

Forms

Holonyms

cerebrum · telencephalon

Meronyms

archicortex · neocortex · paleocortex · allocortex

Synonyms

pallium · cerebral cortex

Translations (47)

de Großhirnrinde (layer of the brain) · ru кора́ головно́го мо́зга (layer of the brain) · sk mozgová kôra (layer of the brain) · ca escorça cerebral (layer of the brain) · tr serebral korteks (layer of the brain) · pl kora mózgowa (layer of the brain) · es corteza cerebral (layer of the brain) · ro cortex cerebral (layer of the brain) · eo kortekso (layer of the brain) · kk ми қыртысы (layer of the brain) · fi aivokuori (layer of the brain) · kmr tûkila mejiyê (layer of the brain) · da hjernebark (layer of the brain) · uk кора головного мозку (layer of the brain) · cs mozková kůra (layer of the brain) · ko 대뇌 피질 (layer of the brain) · la cortex cerebri (layer of the brain) · nl hersenschors (layer of the brain) · it corteccia cerebrale (layer of the brain) · nn hjernebork (layer of the brain) · cmn 大腦皮質 /大脑皮质 (layer of the brain) · ga coirtéis cheirbreach (layer of the brain) · ar قشرة مخية (layer of the brain) · lt galvos smegenų žievė (layer of the brain) · fr cortex cérébral (layer of the brain) · el εγκεφαλικός φλοιός (layer of the brain) · hy գլխուղեղի կեղև (layer of the brain) · es córtex cerebral (layer of the brain) · ast corteya cerebral (layer of the brain) · he קליפת המוח (layer of the brain) · be кара вялікіх паўшар’яў (layer of the brain) · hu agykéreg (layer of the brain) · sw gamba la ubongo (layer of the brain) · ja 大脳皮質 (layer of the brain) · hu nagyagykéreg (layer of the brain) · pt córtex (layer of the brain) · bg мозъчна кора (layer of the brain) · et suurajukoor (layer of the brain) · is heilabörkur (layer of the brain) · pl kora mózgu (layer of the brain) · ms korteks sereberum (layer of the brain) · sl možganska skorja (layer of the brain) · sv hjärnbark (layer of the brain) · nb hjernebark (layer of the brain) · th เปลือกสมอง (layer of the brain) · eu kortex zerebral (layer of the brain) · vi vỏ đại não (layer of the brain)