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decorticate

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Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
18
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/diːˈkɔːtɪkeɪt/(UK)

Definition of decorticate

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (ergative, transitive)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.”
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verb

  1. (ergative, transitive)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.”
  2. (transitive)To surgically remove the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of an organ etc.

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Having had the cortex removed
    “visually decorticate”

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Etymology

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.

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