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decortication

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de⋅cor⋅ti⋅ca⋅tion

  [dee-kawr-ti-key-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act or process of decorticating.
2. Also, de⋅cor⋅ti⋅za⋅tion  [dee-kawr-tuh-zey-shuhn] . Surgery. the removal of the cortex, the enveloping membrane, or a fibrinous covering from an organ or structure.
Origin:
1615–25; < L dēcorticātiōn- (s. of dēcorticātiō) the act of peeling off bark. See decorticate, -ion
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de·cor·ti·cate   (dē-kôr'tĭ-kāt')   
tr.v.   de·cor·ti·cat·ed, de·cor·ti·cat·ing, de·cor·ti·cates

  1. To remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from; peel.

  2. To remove the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of (an organ or structure).


[Latin dēcorticāre, dēcorticāt- : dē-, de- + cortex, cortic-, bark, rind; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.]
de·cor'ti·ca'tion n., de·cor'ti·ca'tor n.
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Main Entry: de·cor·ti·ca·tion
Pronunciation: (")dE-"kort-i-'kA-sh&n
Function: noun
: the surgical removal of the cortex of anorgan, an enveloping membrane, or a constrictive fibrinous covering decortication of a lung>
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decortication de·cor·ti·ca·tion (dē-kôr'tĭ-kā'shən)
n.
The removal of the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of an organ or a structure.

de·cor'ti·cate' v.

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