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NEOCORTICAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does neocortical mean?
• NEOCORTICAL (adjective)
The adjective NEOCORTICAL has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to the neocortex of the cerebrum
Familiarity information: NEOCORTICAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the neocortex of the cerebrum
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
neocortex (the cortical part of the neencephalon)
Derivation:
neocortex (the cortical part of the neencephalon)
Context examples
The main neocortical commissure of the cerebral hemispheres; it is subdivided into a genu, a rostrum, a body, and a splenium.
(Corpus Callosum, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)
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