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decorticate
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| decorum
| decoupage
| decouple
| decoy
decorticate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb decorticate has 2 senses
- decorticate(v = verb.contact) Array - remove the outer layer of; "decorticate a tree branch" is one way to strip
- decorticate(v = verb.change) Array - remove the cortex of (an organ); Array is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
Derived form noun decortication1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derived form noun decortication1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
OXFORD DICTIONARY
decorticate, v.tr.
1 remove the bark, rind, or husk from.
2 remove the outside layer from (the kidney, brain, etc.).
1 remove the bark, rind, or husk from.
2 remove the outside layer from (the kidney, brain, etc.).
Etymology
L decorticare decorticat- (as DE-, cortex -icis bark)
ROGET THESAURUS
decorticate
Divestment
VB divest, uncover &c (cover), denude, bare, strip, disfurnish, undress, disrobe &c (dress, enrobe), uncoif, dismantle, put off, take off, cast off, doff, peel, pare, decorticate, excoriate, skin, scalp, flay, expose, lay open, exfoliate, molt, mew, cast the skin.
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