corti

{ } 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 ]