neocortex

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *nu

Proto-Indo-European *néwos

Proto-Hellenic *néwos

Ancient Greek νέος (néos)

Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-)der.

English neo-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-sder.

Latin cortexbor.

English cortex

English neocortex

From neo- + cortex.

Noun

neocortex (plural neocortices or neocortexes)

1. (neuroanatomy) The top layer of the cerebral hemispheres in the brain of mammals; part of the cerebral cortex.

Hypernyms

• cerebral cortex

Coordinate terms

• allocortex

Related terms

• neocortical

Translations

part of mammal brain

• Catalan: neocòrtex m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新皮層 / 新皮层 (xīnpícéng)

• Czech: mozková kůra f
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: neokorteksi
• French: néocortex (fr) m
• German: Neocortex m
• Greek: νεοφλοιός (el) m (neofloiós)
• Irish: neocoirtéis f
• Italian: neocorteccia f
• Korean: 신피질(新皮質) (sinpijil)
• Polish: kora nowa f, neokorteks m

Anagrams

• cortexone

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French neocortex.

Noun

neocortex n (plural neocortexuri)

1. neocortex

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	neocortex	neocortexul	neocortexuri	neocortexurile
genitive-dative	neocortex	neocortexului	neocortexuri	neocortexurilor
vocative	neocortexule		neocortexurilor