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(medicine) Of or pertaining to the subcortex, the portion of the brain located below the cerebral cortex.
He was diagnosed with subcortical dementia.
More than two-thirds of the trees evidenced subcortical beetles, but no root decay fungi. The latter, without the former, were found in only 2 to 3 percent of the trees.
Use subcortical when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Subcortical means (medicine) Of or pertaining to the subcortex, the portion of the brain located below the cerebral cortex.
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He was diagnosed with subcortical dementia.
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