Meanings
plural cerebral cortices · plural cerebral cortexes
- anatomyThe grey, folded, outermost layer of the cerebrum that is responsible for higher brain processes such as sensation, voluntary muscle movement, thought, reasoning, and memory.
Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems— […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies.
2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200Synonyms: pallium
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe grey, folded, outermost layer of the cerebrum that is responsible for higher brain processes such as sensation, voluntary muscle movement, thought, reasoning, and memory.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic قشرة مخية
- قشرة مخيةlayer of the brain
Basque kortex zerebral
- kortex zerebrallayer of the brain
Bulgarian мозъчна кора
- мозъчна кора (mozăčna kora)layer of the brain
Catalan escorça cerebral
- escorça cerebrallayer of the brain
Chinese Mandarin 大腦皮質 /大脑皮质
- 大腦皮質 /大脑皮质 (dànǎo pízhì)layer of the brain
Czech mozková kůra
- mozková kůralayer of the brain
Danish hjernebark
- hjernebarklayer of the brain
Dutch hersenschors
- hersenschorslayer of the brain
Esperanto kortekso
- korteksolayer of the brain
Estonian suurajukoor
- suurajukoorlayer of the brain
Finnish aivokuori
- aivokuorilayer of the brain
French cortex cérébral
- cortex cérébrallayer of the brain
German Großhirnrinde
- Großhirnrindelayer of the brain
Greek εγκεφαλικός φλοιός
- εγκεφαλικός φλοιός (egkefalikós floiós)layer of the brain
Hebrew קליפת המוח
- קליפת המוחlayer of the brain
Hungarian agykéreg, nagyagykéreg
- agykéreglayer of the brain
- nagyagykéreglayer of the brain
Icelandic heilabörkur
- heilabörkurlayer of the brain
Irish coirtéis cheirbreach
- coirtéis cheirbreachlayer of the brain
Italian corteccia cerebrale
- corteccia cerebralelayer of the brain
Japanese 大脳皮質
- 大脳皮質 (dainōhishitsu)layer of the brain
Korean 대뇌 피질
- 대뇌 피질 (daenoe pijil)layer of the brain
Latin cortex cerebri
- cortex cerebrilayer of the brain
Lithuanian galvos smegenų žievė
- galvos smegenų žievėlayer of the brain
Malay korteks sereberum
- korteks sereberumlayer of the brain
Norwegian Bokmål hjernebark
- hjernebarklayer of the brain
Polish kora mózgowa, kora mózgu
- kora mózgowalayer of the brain
- kora mózgulayer of the brain
Portuguese córtex
- córtexlayer of the brain
Romanian cortex cerebral
- cortex cerebrallayer of the brain
Russian кора́ головно́го мо́зга
- кора́ головно́го мо́зга (korá golovnóvo mózga)layer of the brain
Slovak mozgová kôra
- mozgová kôralayer of the brain
Spanish corteza cerebral, córtex cerebral
- corteza cerebrallayer of the brain
- córtex cerebrallayer of the brain
Swahili gamba la ubongo
- gamba la ubongolayer of the brain
Swedish hjärnbark
- hjärnbarklayer of the brain
Thai เปลือกสมอง
- เปลือกสมอง (bplʉ̀ʉak-sà-mɔ̌ɔng)layer of the brain
Turkish serebral korteks
- serebral kortekslayer of the brain
Ukrainian кора головного мозку
- кора головного мозку (kora holovnoho mozku)layer of the brain
Vietnamese vỏ đại não
- vỏ đại nãolayer of the brain
Cite this entry
cerebral cortex. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cerebral%20cortex
“cerebral cortex.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cerebral%20cortex. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cerebral cortex,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cerebral%20cortex.
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