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excorticate

American  
[eks-kawr-ti-keyt] / ɛksˈkɔr tɪˌkeɪt /

verb (used with object)

excorticated, excorticating

  1. decorticate.

Etymology

Origin of excorticate

1375–1425 for earlier adj. sense; 1650–60 for current sense; late Middle English excorticat hulled < Late Latin excorticātus, past participle of excorticāre to peel. See ex- 1, cortex, -ate 1

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Excorticate, eks-kor′ti-kāt, v.t. to strip the bark off.—n.

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