allocortex

English

Etymology

From allo- +‎ cortex.

Noun

allocortex (plural allocortexes or allocortices)

1. (anatomy) The heterogenetic cortex; part of the cerebral cortex characterized by fewer cell layers than the neocortex (i.e. fewer than six)

Meronyms

• archicortex
• paleocortex
• periallocortex

Holonyms

• cerebral cortex

Coordinate terms

• neocortex

Derived terms

• juxtallocortex

 

Related terms

• allocortical

Translations

the part of the cortex characterize by fewer cell layers than the neocortex

• French: allocortex (fr) m
• Portuguese: alocórtex m