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Cortex vs Cortices - What's the difference?

cortex | cortices |

As nouns the difference between cortex and cortices

is that cortex is the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain while cortices is plural of lang=en.

cortex

English

(wikipedia cortex)

Noun

  • (countable, anatomy) The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
  • (uncountable, botany) The tissue of a stem or root that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue.

    • Derived terms

    * cortical * cerebral cortex * prefrontal cortex

    External links

    * English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    cortices

    English

    Noun

    (head)

    • Synonyms

    * cortexes ----