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noun

Cortex n. (pl. cortices)

Bark, as of a tree; hence, an outer covering.

(Med.) Bark; rind; specifically, cinchona bark.

(Anat.) The outer or superficial part of an organ; as, the cortex or gray exterior substance of the brain.

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Etymology of 'Cortex'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... structure of the lungs (1661), demonstrating for the first time, by his discovery of the capillaries, the connection of the arteries with the veins. In his work, De viscerum structura (1666), he describes the histology of the spleen, the kidney, the liver, and the cortex of the brain, establishing among other things the fact that the liver was really a conglomerate gland, and discovering the Malpighian bodies in the kidney. This work was done on a broad comparative basis. "Since in the higher, more perfect, red-blooded animals, the simplicity of ...

— Form and Function - A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology • E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

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