CORTEX

(Lat.), n. m. and f. Koart'e2x. Gen., cort'itia. Gr., Aoto?. Fr., ecorce. Ger., Rinde. It., cortectia. Sp., corteza, Bark, also any investing structure (the rind of a fruit, the peridium of certain fungals, the outer portion of the substance of the brain, the kidney, etc.). [B.] Cerebral c. Lat., c. cerebri. Fr., ecorce du cerveau. Ger., Hirnrinde. It., cortice (o cortectia) cerebrale. Sp., corteza del cerebro. The external portion of the cerebral hemiU", blue: U. lull; U. full: U, urn; U, like U (German). [s. 419]