Definitions for: Decorticate

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

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: remove, strip, take, take away, withdraw

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