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Definition: Cortical |
CorticalAdjective1. Of or relating to a cortex. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Pertaining to or of the nature of a cortex or bark. (references) |
Medicine | Pertaining to the cortex of an organ. Source: European Union. (references) |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Covering | Adjective: covering; Verb: superimposed, overlaid, plated; Verb: cutaneous, dermal, cortical, cuticular, tegumentary, skinny, scaly, squamous; covered; Verb: imbricated, loricated, armor plated, ironclad; under cover; cowled, cucullate, dermatoid, encuirassed, hooded, squamiferous, tectiform; vaginate. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Focal cortical necrosis. Credit: CDC. |  | Cortical granulomas. Brucellosis. Credit: CDC. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Barth, P. Schizencephaly and Nonlissencephalic Cortical Dysplasias. (references) | |
Cancer cells secrete excess levels of several adrenal cortical hormones, including cortisol and adrenal androgens. (references) | ||
Cortical reflex myoclonus can be intensified when patients attempt to move in a certain way or perceive a particular sensation. (references) | ||
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| "Cortical" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Cortical" is used about 136 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 136 | 27,260 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "cortical": adrenal cortical steroid ♦ cortical area ♦ cortical audiometry ♦ cortical epilepsy ♦ cortical potential ♦ cortical psychic blindness ♦ cortical region ♦ cortical sensorial aphasia. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "cortical": cortical-evoked. | |
Ending with "cortical": retino-cortical, sub-cortical. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "cortical"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 表皮 (Cuticle, Epidermal, epidermis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kortikální. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | cortical (cortex-related). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | corticaal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | Caffey-Smythin oireyhtymä (Caffey disease, Caffey's disease, Caffey's syndrome, infantile cortical hyperostosis), Caffey-Silvermanin oireyhtymä (Caffey disease, Caffey's disease, Caffey's syndrome, infantile cortical hyperostosis), Caffeyn tauti (Caffey disease, Caffey's disease, Caffey's syndrome, infantile cortical hyperostosis), munuaiskuoren kuolio (cortical necrosis of kidney), lisämunuaisen kuorikerroksen adenooma (cortical adenoma), infantiili kortikaalinen hyperostoosi (Caffey disease, Caffey's disease, Caffey's syndrome, infantile cortical hyperostosis), aivokuoren solukerros (cortical layer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | cortical. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | kortikal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φλοιώδης. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | corticale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 외" (Cortex, Cortices, incubation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | orticalcay cortical. (various references) cortical (bark-like). (various references) корковый (corticate). (various references) cortical. (various references) barkartad, bark-. (various references) шкірковий, кірковий. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cortical": cortically. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "cortical": adrenocortical, intercortical, neocortical, subcortical. (additional references) | |
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"Cortical" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cordical, Cortazar, cortico, Costica, Cottidae, critcal, Kostika. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cortical" (pronounced kô"rtukul) |
| 6 | -r t u k u l | article, particle. |
| 5 | -t u k u l | aeronautical, cuticle, diacritical, grammatical, hypothetical, impractical, nautical, obstacle, political, practical, receptacle, skeptical, spectacle, tentacle. |
| 4 | -u k u l | agrochemical, allegorical, anarchical, anatomical, anthropological, barnacle, biblical, biochemical, chemical, Chronicle, clavicle, clerical, clinical, commonsensical, coracle, domical, epochal, equivocal, etymological, farcical, follicle, geophysical, hierarchical, maniacal, medical, meteorological, methodical, miracle, monocle, mythical, numerical, Oracle, oratorical, photochemical, pinnacle, polemical, pontifical, quizzical, radical, reciprocal, satirical, typical, unequivocal. |
| 3 | -k u l | acoustical, alphabetical, analytical, ankle, antithetical, apolitical, archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, bifocal, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, brickle, buckle, cackle, categorical, cervical, chronological, chuckle, circle, classical, comical, conical, crackle, critical, cubicle, cycle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, debacle, dermatological, diabolical, dialectical, ducal, ecclesiastical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, elliptical, empirical, encircle, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, fanatical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, freckle, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, geopolitical, gonococcal, grackle, granduncle, graphical, gynecological, hackle, heckle, helical, heretical, heterocercal, historical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypercritical, hypocritical, hysterical, icicle, identical, ideological, illogical, immunological, inimical, ironical, jackal, knuckle, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, local, logical, logistical, lyrical, magical, mathematical, matriarchal, mechanical, meikle, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, Mickle, morphological, motorcycle, muckle, musical, mystical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, nonelectrical, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, ontological, optical, ornithological, paradoxical, pathological, patriarchal, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, physical, physiological, pickle, popsicle, preclinical, problematical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, pumpernickel, puritanical, rabbinical, radiological, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, recycle, rhetorical, ruckle, runkle, sabbatical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, shackle, shekel, sickle, sociological, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spherical, sprinkle, statistical, stereotypical, stickle, strategical, suckle, surgical, symmetrical, tabernacle, tackle, tactical, technical, technological, teleological, testicle, theatrical, theological, theoretical, tickle, tinkle, topical, toxicological, trickle, tricycle, tropical, twinkle, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uncle, uncritical, uneconomical, unethical, unicycle, unshackle, untypical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, virological, vocal, whimsical, Winkle, wrinkle, zoological. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-i-l-o-r-t" | |
-1 letter: acrotic, caloric. | |
-2 letters: aortic, arctic, calico, caroli, citola, citral, coital, lactic, lictor, lorica, rialto, rictal, tailor. | |
-3 letters: actor, cacti, carol, circa, claro, coact, coati, colic, coral, coria, croci, lirot, lotic, octal, ratio, taroc, tical, tolar, toric, trail, triac, trial, triol. | |
-4 letters: airt, alit, alto, arco, aril, calo, carl, cart, ciao, clit, clot, coal, coat. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-i-l-o-r-t" | |
+2 letters: acrostical, circulator, cortically, inculcator. | |
+3 letters: categorical, chocolatier, circulation, circulators, circulatory, conciliator, contractile, inculcators, narcoleptic, neocortical, noncritical, ochlocratic, plutocratic, pyroclastic, subcortical. | |
+4 letters: acceleration, acrostically, autocratical, calorimetric, chalcopyrite, chocolatiers, circulations, conciliators, conciliatory, conductorial, contractible, correctional, counterclaim, exorcistical, granulocytic, hypocritical, intervocalic, lycanthropic, microclimate, microcrystal, narcoleptics, narcotically, nonpractical, overcritical, plutocracies, prophylactic, prostacyclin, theocratical, thoracically, timocratical, tragicomical. | |
+5 letters: accelerations, acculturation, acrobatically, bacteriologic, bacteriolytic, bioelectrical, calefactories, categorically, cephalometric, chalcopyrites, chloroplastic, chromatically, chromatolytic, clarification, clavichordist, cliometrician, commercialist, commerciality, conglomeratic, contractility, contractional, counterclaims, cryptological, electrostatic, intercortical, microanalytic, microclimates, microclimatic, microcrystals, microcultural, microparticle, mycobacterial, myoelectrical, nonelectrical, ochlocratical, petrochemical, phallocentric, plantocracies, polychromatic, proctological, prophylactics, prostacyclins, pyrotechnical, recalculation, recirculation, sociocultural, tricarboxylic. | |
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