adrenal cortex

1. 1.

   the cortex of the adrenal gland; secretes corticosterone and sex hormones

   Broadercortexendocrine gland

   Part ofadrenal gland

Questions about adrenal cortex

What does adrenal cortex mean?

adrenal cortex means "the cortex of the adrenal gland; secretes corticosterone and sex hormones".

Is adrenal cortex a common word?

adrenal cortex is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.