decorticate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin dēcorticātus, past participle of dēcorticāre.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /diːˈkɔːtɪkeɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb[edit]
decorticate (third-person singular simple present decorticates, present participle decorticating, simple past and past participle decorticated)
- (transitive) To peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something.
- (transitive) To surgically remove the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of an organ etc.
Synonyms[edit]
- (remove bark): excorticate, delibrate
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
peel or remove the bark, husk or outer layer from something
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surgically remove the surface layer
Adjective[edit]
decorticate (not comparable)
- Having had the cortex removed
- Synonym: decorticated
- visually decorticate
- having had the visual cortex removed
Italian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Adjective[edit]
decorticate f pl
Participle[edit]
decorticate f pl
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
decorticate
- inflection of decorticare:
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
dēcorticāte
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
decorticate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of decorticar combined with te
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