Cortian, a. Anat.
(ˈkɔːtɪən)
[f. Corti, name of an Italian anatomist (1822–88) + -an.]
In Cortian organ, Cortian fibres, Cortian membrane, Cortian rods, parts of the internal ear; also organ, fibres, etc. of Corti.
| 1872 Huxley Phys. viii. (1881) 213 The scala media and its Cortian fibres. Ibid. Index 311 Cortian membrane and fibres. |