What is the outer or superficial part of an organ; as, the cortex or gray exterior substance of the brain called?
cortex — (Anat.) The outer or superficial part of an organ; as, the cortex or gray exterior substance of the brain. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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