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decorticate

[ dee-kawr-ti-keyt ]

verb (used with object)

decorticated, decorticating.
  1. to remove the bark, husk, or outer covering from.
  2. Surgery. to remove the cortex from (an organ or structure).


decorticate

/ 徱ːˈɔːɪˌɪ /

verb

  1. tr to remove the bark or some other outer layer from
  2. surgery to remove the cortex of (an organ or part)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈǰپˌٴǰ, noun
  • ˌǰپˈپDz, noun
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  • ·ǰt·tǰ noun
  • ܲd·ǰt·e adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of decorticate1

1605–15; < Latin ŧǰپٳܲ (past participle of ŧǰپ to peel), equivalent to ŧ- de- + ǰپٳܲ having bark, shell; corticate
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of decorticate1

C17: from Latin ŧǰپ, from de- + -ǰپ, from cortex bark
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Example Sentences

His hands were contorted in a strange way — in what neurologists describe as “decorticate posturing,” an indication of brain injury.

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Consciousness in congenitally decorticate children: developmental vegetative state as self-fulfilling prophecy.

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Many copra-making plants in India and Ceylon are now supplied with decorticating, breaking, and evaporating machinery.

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The outlay for fencing against wandering flocks of goats and for decorticating machinery and other expenses would deter the ordinary cultivator from planting, and this could only be profitably undertaken if ample capital were forthcoming.

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This removal of the shell makes a great difference in the oilcake, as the decorticated cake is more nutritious than the undecorticated.

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