transcortical

English

Etymology

trans- +‎ cortical

Adjective

transcortical (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Between the two parts of the cerebral cortex
    • 2007, Robert H. Brookshire, Introduction to Neurogenic Communication Disorders:
      Because association fibers are compromised in the transcortical aphasias, Lichtheim (1885) called what we know as transcortical aphasia commissural dysphasia or white matter dysphasia.
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