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subcortical

  • adjective

Of or pertaining to the subcortex, the portion of the brain located below the cerebral cortex

Example

“He was diagnosed with subcortical dementia.”

Other meanings

  1. Beneath the bark of trees.

Related words

  • corticosubcortical
  • frontosubcortical
  • subcortically

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This definition is adapted from “subcortical” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.