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- anatomyThe outer layer of an internal organ; cortex.
There might be some thinning of the corticalis, but there is no evidence of erosion or destruction.
2012, T. Rand, P. Ritschl, S. Trattnig, Imaging of Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors: A Case Study Approach2 more examples
Simultaneously the nucleus becomes more distinctly differentiated from the corticalis, by a more or less decided yellowish-brown color; its transparency, however, does not suffer to the same degree as that of the corticalis.
1878, C. Schweigger, Porter Farley, Handbook of Ophthalmology, page 359Sometimes it was present within the normal ring of the corticalis and sometimes in a greatly expanded corticalis, extending also into the marrow cavity.
1956, Progress in radiobiology, page 431
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