3. (Anat.)
Defn: The outer or superficial part of an organ; as, the cortex or gray exterior substance of the brain.
CORTICAL
Cor"ti*cal (kr"t-kal), a. Etym: [L. cortex bark: cf. F. cortical.]
Defn: Belonging to, or consisting of, bark or rind; resembling bark or rind; external; outer; superficial; as, the cortical substance of the kidney.
CORTICATE; CORTICATED Cor"ti*cate (kr"t-kt), Cor"ti*ca`ted (-k`td), a. Etym: [L. corticatus.]
Defn: Having a special outer covering of a nature unlike the interior part.
CORTICIFER
Cor*tic"i*fer (kr-ts"-fr), n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Gorgoniacea; — so called because the fleshy part surrounds a solid axis, like a bark.
CORTICIFEROUS Cor`ti*cif"er*ous (kr`t-sf"r-s), a. Etym: [L. cortex, corticis, bark — -ferous: cf. F. corticif.]
1. Producing bark or something that resembling that resembles bark.