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decortication
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun decortication has 1 sense
- decortication(n = noun.act) Array - removal of the outer covering of an organ or part; Array is a kind of operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
Derived forms verb decorticate2, verb decorticate1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
decortication, n.
1 the removal of the outside layer from an organ (e.g. the kidney) or structure.
2 an operation removing the blood clot and scar tissue formed after bleeding in the chest cavity.
1 the removal of the outside layer from an organ (e.g. the kidney) or structure.
2 an operation removing the blood clot and scar tissue formed after bleeding in the chest cavity.
ROGET THESAURUS
decortication
Divestment
N divestment, taking off, nudity, bareness, undress, dishabille, the altogether, nudation, denudation, decortication, depilation, excoriation, desquamation, molting, exfoliation, trichosis, divested, bare, naked, nude, undressed, undraped, denuded, exposed, in dishabille, bald, threadbare, ragged, callow, roofless, in a state of nature, in nature's garb, in the buff, in native buff, in birthday suit, in puris naturalibus, with nothing on, stark naked, stark raving naked, bald as a coot, bare as the back of one's hand, out at elbows, barefoot, bareback, barebacked, leafless, napless, hairless.
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