cortexn.
/ˈkɔːtɛks/, U.S. /ˈkɔrˌtɛks/ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > [noun] > the outside or exterior > external aspect as opposed to internal
rindeOE
barkc1374
shell1377
husk1567
cortex1660
swarth1807
without1899
1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness v. xv. 178 Neither in the inward meaning nor outward Cortex of this Prophecy.
1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xix. 180 'Tis as difficult to trace natural operations..by the sight of the Cortex of sensible Appearances.
1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel App. ii. 285 To distinguish betwixt the Cortex and the Pith..of these..Symbolical Visions.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > specific barks
mezereona1500
cortex1680
Jesuits' bark1694
tellicherry bark1734
slippery elm1748
white cinnamon1751
mezereum1754
canella1756
royal bark1794
cinchona1800
rohun bark1820
false Winter's bark1830
calisaya bark1837
mezereon bark1837
Suriname bark1844
carony bark1853
Honduras bark1881
1680 Sir T. Browne Wks. (1848) III. 472 Formerly they gave not the cortex to quartanarians.
1693 H. Sloane in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 924 The Cortex Winteranus, commonly sold in the Shops.
1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 37 As you give the Cortex to cure Quotidian, Tertian and Quartan Agues.
1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 10 357 By..the free use of the cortex and a generous diet, the boy..got quite well.
3. Applied variously to differentiated external structures in a plant or animal body, or organ.
a. gen.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > bodily substance > other tissues > [noun]
cortexa1676
reticular tissue1807
reticulum1870
submucosa1870
subserosa1871
adenoid1881
jacket1885
myoepithelium1890
the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > specific areas or structures > [noun] > outer covering
hameOE
curtel1398
pelliculea1400
coatc1400
pellicle?a1425
investment1646
tegument1646
cataphragm1656
integument1664
cortexa1676
vagina1683
vaginula1698
scabbard1753
sheath1805
calyx1851
ocrea1890
tunica adventitia1890
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. ii. 65 Covered with..a Cortex that is obduced over the Cutis, as in Elephants.
1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 153 Each Tooth is composed of two Substances; an external Cortex.
1826 J. M. Good Bk. Nature I. viii. 189 The solid parts of the trunk of the plant consist of cortex, cuticle, or outer bark.
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 833 The protoplasm..is divisible into an exoplasm (cortex) and endoplasm (medulla).
b. Anatomy. The outer gray matter of the brain.
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the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > brain > parts of brain > [noun] > cortex
cortex1741
brain matter1809
brain cortex1867
roof-brain1940
1741 A. Monro Anat. Nerves 14 in Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) The Cortex of the Encephalon.
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c. Anatomy. The outer part or ‘cortical substance’ of the kidney.
d. Botany. That part of the fundamental tissue which lies outside the fibrovascular bundles; the bark.
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the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > [noun] > tissue > epidermis or cuticle
skina1398
cuticle1672
epidermis1813
epiderm1835
cortex1875
hypoderma1877
tapetum1882
sheath1884
hypodermis1898
1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. ii. v. 573 (note) Sometimes..the [fibro-vascular] bundles [in a leaf-stalk]..form a closed hollow cylinder which divides the fundamental tissue of the leaf-stalk into pith and cortex.
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