decorticate

pronunciation

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  • Verb:
    remove the outer layer of
    remove the cortex of (an organ)

Word Origin

decorticate (v.)
1610s, from Latin decorticatus, past participle of decorticare "to strip of bark," from de- (see de-) + stem of cortex "bark of a tree" (see cortex). Related: Decortication.

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