decortication
Americannoun
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the act or process of decorticating.
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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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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.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2024
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.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 by Various
Last year, however, witnessed the solution of the question of decortication in the green state in a satisfactory manner by M.A.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 417, December 29, 1883 by Various
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.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
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