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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Côr'tex, n.

noun

n.; pl. CÔR'TI-CĒS. [Lat.] 1. Bark, as of a tree; hence, an outer covering.

  1. (Med.) Peruvian bark.
  2. (Anat.) A membrane forming a covering or envelope to any part of the body.