Cortex

kor'teks, n. pi. -tices, -tf-sez. Bark of a tree; outer covering. (Med.) Peruvian bark. (Anat.) sun, cube, full moon, fot>t cow, oil COSMOS A membrane covering any part of the body. [L.] — Cor'tical, -ti-kal, a. Pert, to, consisting of, or resembling, bark or rind; external. — Cor'ticate, -cated, a. Having or resembling, etc. — Corticifonn, -tis'Y-iorm, a. Resembling bark. [L. form a, formT] — Cor'ticose, -kos, -cous, -kus, a. Resembling or made of bark. — Cor'ticine, -tl-sin, n. A carpeting material made of ground cork and India rubber.