subcortical

sub- +‎ cortical

subcortical (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Of or pertaining to the subcortex, the portion of the brain located below the cerebral cortex

   He was diagnosed with subcortical dementia.

2. Beneath the bark of trees.
   • 1978, George Ferrell, Risk Rating Systems for Mature Red Fir and White Fir in Northern California, page 17:

     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.

• subcortically

• scorbutical

From sub- +‎ cortical.

subcortical m or n (feminine singular subcorticală, masculine plural subcorticali, feminine and neuter plural subcorticale)

1. subcortical

subcortical m or f (masculine and feminine plural subcorticales)

1. subcortical