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decortication

[ dee-kawr-ti-key-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act or process of decorticating.
  2. Also »å±ð·³¦´Ç°ù·³Ù¾±Â·³ú²¹Â·³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô [] Surgery. the removal of the cortex, the enveloping membrane, or a fibrinous covering from an organ or structure.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of decortication1

1615–25; < Latin »åŧ³¦´Ç°ù³Ù¾±³¦Äå³Ù¾±Å²Ô- (stem of »åŧ³¦´Ç°ù³Ù¾±³¦Äå³Ù¾±Å ) the act of peeling off bark. See decorticate, -ion
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Example Sentences

In early December, Dulce was admitted to a hospital in Mexico City for lung problems and underwent pleuropulmonary decortication surgery on Dec. 7, her team previously said.

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The chief industrial establishments are those for the decortication of rice at Saigon and Cholon; they are in the hands of the Chinese, by whom most of the trade in the colony is conducted.

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Last year, however, witnessed the solution of the question of decortication in the green state in a satisfactory manner by M.A.

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This property has given rise to an operation called decortication, the results of which we shall examine later on from an industrial point of view.

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