Definition of Subcortex

1. Noun. The part of the brain that lies directly below the cortex. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Subcortex

1. [n -TEXES or -TICES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subcortex

subcontraoctave
subcontraries
subcontrary
subconvexity
subcookie
subcookies
subcool
subcooled
subcooling
subcools
subcoracoid
subcordate
subcoriaceous
subcorneal
subcortex (current term)
subcortexes
subcortical
subcortically
subcortices
subcosta
subcostae
subcostal
subcostals
subcountability
subcountable
subcounties
subcounty
subcover
subcovers

Literary usage of Subcortex

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"subcortex of a swayback lamb showing a gelatinous lesion. ... subcortex of normal lamb 18 hours old. Astrocytes are discernable, microglia are numerous and ..."

2. The Eye and Nervous System: Their Diagnostic Relations by William Campbell Posey, William Gibson Spiller (1906)
"Softening due to either embolie or thrombotic occlusion, while "it often includes a large cortico-subcortical area, may be limited to either the subcortex ..."

3. Report. by Henry Phipps Institute (1906)
"The cortex has disappeared; the subcortex shows a reticular appearance, ... In the subcortex there are rather extensive areas surrounding the blood-vessels, ..."

4. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1901)
"The Separate Localization in the Cortex and subcortex of the Cerebrum of the Representation of Movements and of Muscular and Cutaneous Sensibility. ..."

5. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1903)
"In only one case was the lesion said to be confined to the left temporal subcortex. He hesitates from these reports to localize the lesion causing pure ..."

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