SYN: cerebral cortex. [L. cloak]
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n.
the outer wall of the cerebral hemisphere as it appears in the early stages of evolution of the mammalian brain. In the modern brain it corresponds to the cerebral cortex.
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pal·li·um (palґe-əm) [L. “cloakâ€] 1. [TA] cortex cerebri. the 2. cerebral cortex during its period of development.Medical dictionary. 2011.