allocortex

noun

allocortex

noun

Etymology From allo- + cortex.

Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences The heterogenetic cortex; part of the cerebral cortex characterized by fewer cell layers than the neocortex (i.e. fewer than six)

Derived terms: juxtallocortex
Related terms: allocortical
Coordinate terms: neocortex
Holonyms: cerebral cortex
Meronyms: archicortex, paleocortex, periallocortex

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