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decortication

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[dee-kawr-ti-key-shuhn] / diˌkɔr tɪˈkeɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. the act or process of decorticating.

  2. Surgery. Also decortization the removal of the cortex, the enveloping membrane, or a fibrinous covering from an organ or structure.

Etymology

Origin of decortication

1615–25; < Latin dēcorticātiōn- (stem of dēcorticātiō ) the act of peeling off bark. See decorticate, -ion

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