DECORTICATE

decorticate

(verb) remove the cortex of (an organ)

decorticate

(verb) remove the outer layer of; “decorticate a tree branch”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

decorticate (third-person singular simple present decorticates, present participle decorticating, simple past and past participle decorticated)

(transitive) To peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something.

(transitive) To surgically remove the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of an organ etc.

Synonyms

• (remove bark): excorticate, delibrate

Source: Wiktionary

De*cor"ti*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decorticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Decorticating.] Etym: [L. decorticatus, p. p. of decorticare to bark; de- + cortex bark.]

Definition: To divest of the bark, husk, or exterior coating; to husk; to peel; to hull. "Great barley dried and decorticated." Arbuthnot.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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