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de·cor·ti·cate D0080600 (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- in Indo-European roots.] de·cor′ti·ca′tion n.de·cor′ti·ca′tor n.decorticate (diːˈkɔːtɪˌkeɪt) vb1. (Botany) (tr) to remove the bark or some other outer layer from2. (Surgery) surgery to remove the cortex of (an organ or part)[C17: from Latin dēcorticāre, from de- + -corticāre, from cortex bark] deˌcortiˈcation n deˈcortiˌcator nde•cor•ti•cate (diˈkɔr tɪˌkeɪt) v.t. -cat•ed, -cat•ing. 1. to remove the bark, husk, or outer covering from. 2. to remove the cortex from surgically, as an organ or structure. [1605–15; < Latin dēcorticātus, past participle of dēcorticāre to peel] de•cor`ti•ca′tion, n. de•cor′ti•ca`tor, n. decorticate Past participle: decorticated Gerund: decorticating
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I decorticate | you decorticate | he/she/it decorticates | we decorticate | you decorticate | they decorticate |
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I decorticated | you decorticated | he/she/it decorticated | we decorticated | you decorticated | they decorticated |
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I am decorticating | you are decorticating | he/she/it is decorticating | we are decorticating | you are decorticating | they are decorticating |
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I have decorticated | you have decorticated | he/she/it has decorticated | we have decorticated | you have decorticated | they have decorticated |
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I was decorticating | you were decorticating | he/she/it was decorticating | we were decorticating | you were decorticating | they were decorticating |
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I had decorticated | you had decorticated | he/she/it had decorticated | we had decorticated | you had decorticated | they had decorticated |
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I will decorticate | you will decorticate | he/she/it will decorticate | we will decorticate | you will decorticate | they will decorticate |
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I will have decorticated | you will have decorticated | he/she/it will have decorticated | we will have decorticated | you will have decorticated | they will have decorticated |
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I will be decorticating | you will be decorticating | he/she/it will be decorticating | we will be decorticating | you will be decorticating | they will be decorticating |
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I have been decorticating | you have been decorticating | he/she/it has been decorticating | we have been decorticating | you have been decorticating | they have been decorticating |
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I will have been decorticating | you will have been decorticating | he/she/it will have been decorticating | we will have been decorticating | you will have been decorticating | they will have been decorticating |
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I had been decorticating | you had been decorticating | he/she/it had been decorticating | we had been decorticating | you had been decorticating | they had been decorticating |
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I would decorticate | you would decorticate | he/she/it would decorticate | we would decorticate | you would decorticate | they would decorticate |
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I would have decorticated | you would have decorticated | he/she/it would have decorticated | we would have decorticated | you would have decorticated | they would have decorticated | ThesaurusVerb | 1. | decorticate - remove the outer layer of; "decorticate a tree branch"strip - remove the surface from; "strip wood" | | 2. | decorticate - remove the cortex of (an organ)surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery"remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
decorticateverbTo remove the skin of:pare, peel, scale, skin, strip.TranslationsdecorticateenUK
decorticate[dē′kȯrd·ə‚kāt] (biology) Lacking a cortical layer. (textiles) To remove woody residual matter, such as flax from bast fibers after retting. decorticateenUK
decorticate (dē-kôr′tĭ-kāt′)tr.v. decorti·cated, decorti·cating, decorti·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). de·cor′ti·ca′tion n.de·cor′ti·ca′tor n.decorticateenUK Related to decorticate: decerebrate, Decorticate rigiditySynonyms for decorticateverb to remove the skin ofSynonymsWords related to decorticateverb remove the outer layer ofRelated Wordsverb remove the cortex of (an organ)Related Words- surgical operation
- surgical procedure
- surgical process
- surgery
- operation
- remove
- take away
- withdraw
- take
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