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excorticate

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ex⋅cor⋅ti⋅cate

  [eks-kawr-ti-keyt]
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–verb (used with object), -cat⋅ed, -cat⋅ing.
decorticate.
Origin:
1375–1425 for earlier adj. sense; 1650–60 for current sense; late ME excorticat hulled < LL excorticātus, ptp. of excorticāre to peel. See ex- 1 , cortex, -ate
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