Usually means: Outer layers of brain tissue.
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  1. cortices: Merriam-Webster
  2. cortices: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cortices: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cortices: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Cortices: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. Cortices: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. cortices: FreeDictionary.org
  8. cortices: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. cortices: Vocabulary.com
  10. cortices: Wordnik
  11. cortices: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  12. cortices: Wiktionary
  13. cortices: Dictionary.com

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  1. cortices: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. cortices: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. cortices: Medical dictionary

(Note: See cortex as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (cortex)

noun:  (countable, anatomy) The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
noun:  (uncountable, botany) The tissue of a stem or root that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue.
noun:  (archaeology) The outer surface of a piece of flint.
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