Corticine

/ˈkɔːrtɪsaɪn/ adjective

Definition

Relating to, made of, or containing cortex material.

Etymology

From 'cortex' plus the adjectival suffix '-ine.' This rare adjective follows the pattern of other cortex-derived descriptive terms in technical literature.

Kelly Says

Corticine is one of several adjectives scientists created to describe cortex-related properties—the variety of suffixes (-ine, -ous, -al) shows how English borrowed Latin's flexible word-building system!

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