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MOTOR CORTEX

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Dictionary entry overview: What does motor cortex mean?

• MOTOR CORTEX (noun)
The noun MOTOR CORTEX has 1 sense:

1. the cortical area that influences motor movements

Familiarity information: MOTOR CORTEX used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MOTOR CORTEX (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The cortical area that influences motor movements

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

excitable area; motor area; motor cortex; motor region; Rolando's area

Hypernyms ("motor cortex" is a kind of...):

cortical area; cortical region (any of various regions of the cerebral cortex)

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