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Decorticate

Decorticate Meaning & Definition
Decorticate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Decorticate?

[v] surgically remove the cortex of (an organ)
[v] remove the outer layer of; "decorticate a tree branch"

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See Also | remove | strip | take | take away | withdraw

Decorticate In Webster's Dictionary

\De*cor"ti*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decorticated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decorticating}.] [L. decorticatus, p. p. of decorticare to bark; de- + cortex bark.] To divest of the bark, husk, or exterior coating; to husk; to peel; to hull. ``Great barley dried and decorticated.'' --Arbuthnot.

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