allocortex

English

Etymology

allo- +‎ cortex

Noun

allocortex (plural allocortexes or allocortices)

(anatomy) The heterogenetic cortex; part of the cerebral cortex characterized by fewer cell layers than the neocortex (i.e. fewer than six)

Meronyms

archicortex
paleocortex
periallocortex

Holonyms

cerebral cortex

Coordinate terms

neocortex

Derived terms

juxtallocortex

Related terms

allocortical

Translations

the part of the cortex characterize by fewer cell layers than the neocortex

French: allocortex (fr) m
Portuguese: alocórtex m

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