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cortex
cortex is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Bark, as of a tree; hence, an outer covering. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 16 · 6 senses
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- 1noun
Bark, as of a tree; hence, an outer covering.
- 2noun
Bark; rind; specifically, cinchona bark.
- 3noun
The outer or superficial part of an organ; as, the cortex or gray exterior substance of the brain.
- 4noun
the tissue that surrounds the lens nucleus
- 5noun
the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum
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- 6noun
the tissue forming the outer layer of an organ or structure in plant or animal
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