pallium

English Thesaurus

1. cloak or mantle worn by men in ancient Rome (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	cloak,
definition	:	a loose outer garment (noun.artifact)

2. (Roman Catholic Church) vestment consisting of a band encircling the shoulders with two lappets hanging in front and back (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	vestment,
definition	:	gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy (noun.artifact)

domain category	:	church of rome, roman catholic, roman catholic church, roman church, western church,
definition	:	the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy (noun.group)

3. (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell (noun.body)

hypernym	:	cuticle, epidermis,
definition	:	the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates (noun.body)

domain category	:	zoological science, zoology,
definition	:	the branch of biology that studies animals (noun.cognition)

4. the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum (noun.body)

hypernym	:	neural structure,
definition	:	a structure that is part of the nervous system (noun.body)

hyponym	:	neocortex, neopallium,
definition	:	the cortical part of the neencephalon (noun.body)

hyponym	:	archipallium, paleocortex,
definition	:	the olfactory cortex of the cerebrum (noun.body)

part holonym	:	golgi cell, golgi's cell,
definition	:	a neuron in the cerebral cortex with short dendrites and with either a long axon or a short axon that ramifies in the grey matter (noun.body)

part holonym	:	cortical area, cortical region,
definition	:	any of various regions of the cerebral cortex (noun.body)

part holonym	:	frontal cortex, frontal lobe,
definition	:	that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying directly behind the forehead (noun.body)

part holonym	:	prefrontal cortex, prefrontal lobe,
definition	:	the anterior part of the frontal lobe (noun.body)

part holonym	:	parietal cortex, parietal lobe,
definition	:	that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying below the crown of the head (noun.body)

part holonym	:	occipital cortex, occipital lobe,
definition	:	that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying in the back of the head (noun.body)

part holonym	:	temporal ccortex, temporal lobe,
definition	:	that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying inside the temples of the head (noun.body)

part meronym	:	cerebrum,
definition	:	anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres; dominant part of the brain in humans (noun.body)

substance holonym	:	gray matter, gray substance, grey matter, grey substance, substantia grisea,
definition	:	greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers; forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons (noun.body)

derivation	:	cortical,
definition	:	of or relating to a cortex (adj.pert)

derivation	:	cortical,
definition	:	of or relating to a cortex (adj.pert)