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How to pronounce “cortex

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Practice the English pronunciation of cortex with real speech in context.
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Sex, Lies, and Brain Scans: How fMRI Reveals What Really Goes on in Our MindsAnd the sort of ventral medial prefrontal cortex
Definition summary
(countable, anatomy) The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.

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How to pronounce cortex

Sex, Lies, and Brain Scans: How fMRI Reveals What Really Goes on in Our Minds

And the sort of ventral medial prefrontal cortex

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Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • (countable, anatomy) The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
  • (uncountable, botany) The tissue of a stem or root that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue.
  • (archaeology) The outer surface of a piece of flint.

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