About The Word Decorticate
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Decorticate
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What's The Definition Of Decorticate?
[v] surgically remove the cortex of (an organ)
[v] remove the outer layer of; "decorticate a tree branch" Synonyms | Synonyms for Decorticate: Related Terms | Find terms related to Decorticate: 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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