cortical

[ kawr-ti-kuhl ]

adjective

1. Anatomy. of, pertaining to, resembling, or consisting of cortex.
2. Physiology. resulting from the function or condition of the cerebral cortex.
3. Botany. of or relating to the cortex.

Other Words From

• corti·cal·ly adverb
• inter·corti·cal adjective
• non·corti·cal adjective
• non·corti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of cortical¹

1665–75; < New Latin corticālis, equivalent to Latin cortic- (stem of cortex ) cortex + -ālis -al ¹

Example Sentences

Some researchers are also incorporating the properties of certain types of cortical neurons and processes such as attention into their models.

From Quanta Magazine

Seeing that first twitch in a lab dish immediately after cortical stimulation is something that’s not soon forgotten.

From Singularity Hub 

The machines we have built—the ones architected after cortical anatomy—fall short of capturing the nature of the human brain.

From Nautilus

Maybe one day, as they grow stronger building on more cortical anatomy, they will be able to explain those patterns back to us, solving the puzzle of the brain’s interconnections, creating a picture we understand.

From Nautilus

Physiologists have taken the findings to mean that low alpha power has something to do with outward attention and cortical activation.

From Nautilus

The cortical portion of sarsaparilla yields fully 50% of aqueous extract.

From Project Gutenberg

There is in the interrenal body no distinction between cortical and medullary layers as in the suprarenal.

From Project Gutenberg

They were only separated from the egg columns of the cortical layer by a row of large follicles.

From Project Gutenberg

Ceramiace—Frond thread-like, jointed, one-siphoned, and more or less covered with a layer of cortical cells.

From Project Gutenberg

In these, a rough glassy enamel covers the cortical part, of such hardness, as to strike sparks with steel.

From Project Gutenberg