decorticate
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decorticate
- /diːˈkɔːtɪkeɪt/ UK
Where it comes from
The verb is first attested in 1611, the adjective in 1872; borrowed from Latin dēcorticātus, perfect passive participle of dēcorticō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from dē- (“of, from”) + cortex (“bark”, oblique stem in cortic-) + -ō.
verb decorticates · decorticating · decorticated
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To peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something.
[…] but its striking white trunk, which changes to a bright pink in late spring or summer just before it decorticates, makes it a handsome species.
Similar: excorticate, delibrate
- To surgically remove the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of an organ etc.
adjective
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Having had the cortex removed
visually decorticate
Similar: decorticated
Translations
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verb peel or remove the bark, husk or outer layer from something
| Español | descortezar |
|---|---|
| Français | décortiquer |
verb surgically remove the surface layer
| Français | décortiquer |
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