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decortication|dɪˈkɔːtɪˈkeɪʃən|
[ad. L. decorticātiōn-em, n. of action from decorticāre (see decorticate v.).]
The action of decorticating; spec. in Surg. (see quots.).
1623Cockeram, Decortication, peeling. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 119 They do ill that extract oil out of almonds before decortication. 1816Keith Phys. Bot. II. 482 The decortication of a tree, or the stripping it of its bark. 1900Dorland Med. Dict. 193/1 Decortication,..removal of portions of the cortical substance of the brain. 1909Practitioner Nov. 661 Where the surgeon finds during the course of a nephrectomy that the decortication of the sac is very difficult. 1936Punch & Knott Mod. Treatm. Dis. Respiratory Syst. vi. 97 Decortication. The justification for this operation is based on the assumption that the lung cannot..obliterate the empyema cavity because it is bound down by..thickened and fibrous visceral pleura. The operation of decortication consists in freeing the lung of this inelastic coat. 1962Lancet 5 May 946/1 This procedure was followed by a tension pneumothorax which eventually necessitated thoracotomy and decortication to produce good re-expansion of the lung. |