cerebral cortexnoun [ C, C ]
uk/ˌser.ɪ.brəl ˈkɔː.teks/us/ˌser.ɪ.brəl ˈkɔːr.teks/specializedthe grey outer layer of the cerebrum, responsible for language, thinking, creating new ideas, etc.
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- By each impulse streaming into the brain from the sense organs, we can imagine the structure of the cerebral cortex to be more or less permanently altered.
- Evidence obtained from clinical observations has tended of late to locate the pathological lesions of chorea in the cerebral cortex.