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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

cor•ti•cal adj.

Anatomyof, pertaining to, resembling, or consisting of cortex.
Physiologyresulting from the function or condition of the cerebral cortex.
Botanyof or pertaining to the cortex.

Neo-Latin corticālis, equivalent. to Latin cortic- (stem of cortex) cortex + -ālis -al¹
1665–75

cor′ti•cal•ly, adv.

'cortical' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Cushing's disease - adrenocortical - cortex - subcortical

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