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subcortical en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English cortical English subcortical From sub- + cortical.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the subcortex, the portion of the brain located below the cerebral cortex
    • He was diagnosed with subcortical dementia.
  2. (not-comparable) Beneath the bark of trees.
    • More than two-thirds of the trees evidenced subcortical beetles, but no root decay fungi. The latter, without the former, were found in only 2 to 3 percent of the trees. 1978, George Ferrell, Risk Rating Systems for Mature Red Fir and White Fir in Northern California, page 17:

Deriveds

subcortically · corticosubcortical · frontosubcortical

Translations (3)

fi aivokuorenalainen (of or pertaining to subcortex) · hu kéreg alatti (of or pertaining to subcortex) · fi subkortikaalinen (of or pertaining to subcortex)