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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

neocortex

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01 n. The cortical part of the neencephalon; the most recently evolved part of the cerebral cortex of the brain of higher animals, and the site o…
  1. 1.
    The cortical part of the neencephalon; the most recently evolved part of the cerebral cortex of the brain of higher animals, and the site of most of the higher brain functions; called also neopallium. Also: neopallium
Syn. neopallium.