adj. 1. of or pertaining to the adrenal cortex. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. stimulating or acting on the adrenal cortex [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a growth hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; it stimulates the adrenal cortex.
Syn. -- adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, corticotropin, corticotrophin, ACTH [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖ n. [ F., fr. It. corteggio train, fr. corte court. See Court. ] A train of attendants; a group following and attending to some important person.
Syn. -- retinue, suite, entourage. [ 1913 Webster WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a procession, especially a funeral procession following the casket carrying a dead person. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. pl. [ Sp. & Pg., fr. corte court. ] The legislative assembly, composed of nobility, clergy, and representatives of cities, which in Spain and in Portugal answers, in some measure, to the Parliament of Great Britain. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ Pg. ] See Legislature, Portugal. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n.; pl. Cortices [ L., bark. Cf. Cork. ] 1. Bark, as of a tree; hence, an outer covering. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Bark; rind; specifically, cinchona bark. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Anat.) The outer or superficial part of an organ; as, the cortex or gray exterior substance of the brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cortex bark: cf. F. cortical. ] Belonging to, or consisting of, bark or rind; resembling bark or rind; external; outer; superficial; as, the cortical substance of the kidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. corticatus. ] Having a special outer covering of a nature unlike the interior part. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Gorgoniacea; -- so called because the fleshy part surrounds a solid axis, like a bark. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cortex, corticis, bark -- -ferous: cf. F. corticif&unr_;re. ] 1. Producing bark or something that resembling that resembles bark. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Having a barklike c&unr_;nenchyms. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cortex, corticis, bark + -form: cf. F. corticiforme. ] Resembling, or having the form of, bark or rind. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. cortex, corticis, bark. ] A material for carpeting or floor covering, made of ground cork and caoutchouc or India rubber. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. a combining form signifying cortex. [ PJC ]

adj. (Med.) passing toward the cerebral cortex; -- of nerves and nerve impulses.
Syn. -- corticipetal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. (Med.) directed from the cerebral cortex; -- of nerves and nerve impulses.
Syn. -- corticofugal, corticifugal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. same as corticoefferent; as, corticofugal discharges.
Syn. -- corticoefferent, corticifugal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. of or relating to the cortex and the hypothalamus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a steroid compound produced by the adrenal cortex, or a synthetic analog of such a compound.
Syn. -- corticosteroid. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. [ L. corticosus. ] Abounding in bark; resembling bark; barky. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a steroid compound produced by the adrenal cortex, or a synthetic analog of such a compound.
Syn. -- corticoid. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. any of several steroid compounds secreted by the adrenal cortex; they are involved in regulating water and electrolyte balance in the body. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a growth hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; it stimulates the adrenal cortex; -- called also adrenocorticotropin and abbreviated ACTH.
Syn. -- adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, adrenocorticotropin, corticotrophin, ACTH. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Relating to, or resembling, bark; corticose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It., fr. corte court. ] An open internal courtyard inclosed by the walls of a large dwelling house or other large and stately building. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. cortinae (Biology) a cobwebby remnant of the partial veil which in some mature mushrooms hang from the edges of the cap. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. a large genus of rusty-spored agarics having prominent cortinae.
Syn. -- genus Cortinaria. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a steroid hormone (C21H30O5) active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism; -- called also hydrocortisone. It is used in medicine as an antiinflammatory agent
Syn. -- hydrocortisone. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Chem.) a corticosteroid hormone (C21H28O5) produced by the adrenal cortex. It is used in medicine as an antiinflammatory agent. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Decorticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Decorticating. ] [ L. decorticatus, p. p. of decorticare to bark; de- + cortex bark. ] To divest of the bark, husk, or exterior coating; to husk; to peel; to hull. “Great barley dried and decorticated.” Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. decorticatio: cf. F. décortication. ] The act of stripping off the bark, rind, hull, or outer coat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A machine for decorticating wood, hulling grain, etc.; also, an instrument for removing surplus bark or moss from fruit trees. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. escorte, It. scorta a guard or guide, fr. scorgere to perceive, discern, lead, fr. L. ex out, quite + corrigere to correct, set right. See Correct. ] 1. A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as an attendant; a guard, as of prisoners on a march; also, a body of persons, attending as a mark of respect or honor; -- applied to movements on land, as convoy is to movements at sea. [ 1913 Webster ]

The troops of my escort marched at the ordinary rate. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion; as, to travel under the escort of a friend. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Escorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Escorting. ] [ Cf. F. escorter, It. scortare. See Escort, n. ] To attend with a view to guard and protect; to accompany as safeguard; to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to; -- used esp. with reference to journeys or excursions on land; as, to escort a public functionary, or a lady; to escort a baggage wagon.

Syn. -- To accompany; attend. See Accompany. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. ex out, from + cortex, corticis, bark. ] To strip of bark or skin; to decorticate. [ Obs. ] “Excorticate the tree.” Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. excortication. ] The act of stripping off bark, or the state of being thus stripped; decortication. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 of most of the higher brain functions; called also neopallium.
Syn. -- neopallium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. Of or pertaining to the neocortex. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. scortator a fornicator, from scortari to fornicate, scortum a prostitute. ] Pertaining to lewdness or fornication; lewd. [ 1913 Webster ]