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PALEOCORTEX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does paleocortex mean?
• PALEOCORTEX (noun)
The noun PALEOCORTEX has 1 sense:
1. the olfactory cortex of the cerebrum
Familiarity information: PALEOCORTEX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The olfactory cortex of the cerebrum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
archipallium; paleocortex
Hypernyms ("paleocortex" is a kind of...):
cerebral cortex; cerebral mantle; cortex; pallium (the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum)
Derivation:
paleocortical (of or relating to the olfactory cortex of the cerebrum)
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