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PALEOCORTEX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paleocortex mean? 

PALEOCORTEX (noun)
  The noun PALEOCORTEX has 1 sense:

1. the olfactory cortex of the cerebrumplay

  Familiarity information: PALEOCORTEX used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PALEOCORTEX (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The olfactory cortex of the cerebrum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

archipallium; paleocortex

Hypernyms ("paleocortex" is a kind of...):

cerebral cortex; cerebral mantle; cortex; pallium (the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum)

Derivation:

paleocortical (of or relating to the olfactory cortex of the cerebrum)


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