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mantle

1. A covering layer. 2. SYN: cerebral cortex.

- brain m. SYN: cerebral cortex.

- myoepicardial m. the dorsal wall of the primitive pericardium which, in the early somite embryo, becomes both the epicardium and the myocardium.

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man·tle 'man-təl n

1) something that covers, enfolds, or envelops

2) CEREBRAL CORTEX

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adj.

(in radiotherapy) see treatment field.

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man·tle (manґtəl) [L. mantellum cloak] 1. an enveloping cover or layer. 2. cortex cerebri.

Medical dictionary. 2011.