pallium

Senso (Inglese)

  1. (historical) A large cloak worn by Greek philosophers and teachers.
  2. A woolen liturgical vestment resembling a collar and worn over the chasuble in the Western Christian liturgical tradition, conferred on archbishops by the Pope, equivalent to the Eastern Christian omophorion.
  3. The mantle of a mollusc.
  4. The cerebral cortex.
  5. A presumed gelatinous envelope of diatoms.
  6. (obsolete) A sheet of cloud covering the whole sky, especially nimbostratus.

Concetti

corteccia cerebrale

Traduzioni

εγκεφαλικός φλοιός

cortex cérébral

córtex cerebral

Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈpalɪəm/
Etimologia (Inglese)

Borrowed from Latin pallium (“a cloak”). Doublet of pall.

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