Medical Dictionary
paleocortex
noun pa·leo·cor·tex
plural pa·leo·cor·ti·ces \-ˈkȯrt-ə-ˌsēz\ or pa·leo·cor·tex·es
Medical Definition of PALEOCORTEX
: the part of the cerebral cortex that is evolutionarily older than the neocortex and that is composed especially of the olfactory cortex
Variants of PALEOCORTEX
pa·leo·cor·tex or British pal·aeo·cor·tex \-ˈkȯr-ˌteks\
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