transcortical en · ADJ
Etymology
From trans- + cortical.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Between the two parts of the cerebral cortex
Because association fibers are compromised in the transcortical aphasias, Lichtheim (1885) called what we know as transcortical aphasia commissural dysphasia or white matter dysphasia.
2007, Robert H. Brookshire, Introduction to Neurogenic Communication Disorders: