cortico- 或 cortic-
pref.(前缀)
语源
pref.(前缀)
- Cortex:
皮质:
corticotropin.
促肾上脉皮质激素
语源
- From Latin cortex cortic- [bark, rind] * see cortex
源自 拉丁语 cortex cortic- [树皮,果皮] *参见 cortex
cortico- or (before a vowel) cortic-
combining form
indicating the cortex
⇒
corticotrophin
cortico-
Word Origin
1
a combining form representing cortex, in compound words:
corticosteroid.
Origin
< Latin cortic- (stem of cortex cortex) + -o-
Related Words
- adrenocorticotropic
- corticosteroid
- corticosterone
- electrocorticogram
- electrocorticography
- glucocorticoid
cortico-
combining form
: cortex
corticotropin
combining form
: cortex
corticotropin
cortico-
combining form
- representing
CORTEX , used especially with reference to the adrenal and cerebral cortices[指代CORTEX ](肾上腺或脑)皮层; 皮质。
词源
from Latin cortex, cortic- 'bark'.
1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. I. ii. 71The arriving place of the ‘cortico-petal’ or the place of exit of the ‘cortico-fugal’ fibres.
1901 Dorland Med. Dict. (ed. 2) 178/2Cortico-afferent. Cortico-efferent. Corticofugal. Cortico-peduncular. Corticospinal.
1908 Practitioner Oct. 557 A purely spinal reflex, which appears in earliest infancy before the cortico-spinal paths are fully developed.
1949 Koestler Insight & Outlook ix. 129The tear glands are beyond the reach of voluntary, cortico-motor control.
1961 Ham & Leeson Histology (ed. 4) xxv. 717/2Some of the interlobar arteries break up into main branches as they ascend in the columns of Bertin, but most of them do so only when they have almost reached the corticomedullary border. [ of the kidney]
1962 Gray's Anat. (ed. 33) 1083The genu contains the corticonuclear fibres which arise from area 4 of the cerebral cortex and terminate in the motor nuclei of the cranial nerves to the head.
cortico-
combining form
Etymology: Latin cortic-, cortex bark
1. : cortex ; especially : cerebral cortex
< corticoefferent >
2. : cortical and
< corticospinal >
1.
< corticoefferent >
2.
< corticospinal >
cortico-
Prefix
- Combining form of cortex; the usual referent is either the adrenal cortex or the cerebral cortex.
Etymology
From Latin cortex (“bark”).