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Definition of decorticate in English: decorticateverb diːˈkɔːtɪkeɪtdiˈkɔrdəˌkeɪt [with object]1technical Remove the bark, rind, or husk from. Example sentencesExamples - All three available specimens are mostly decorticated or incomplete.
- Analyses were performed on decorticated seeds or meats.
Synonyms peel, remove, take off, flake, scrape, scratch, shave, abrade, rub, clear, clean 2Subject to surgical decortication. Example sentencesExamples - And when they put a decorticated cat in a cage with other cats, it was as though the healthy cats thought of it as dead.
- An area 13 mm wide by 25 mm long was gently decorticated.
adjectivediːˈkɔːtɪkeɪtdiˈkɔrdəˌkeɪt Biology Psychology (of an animal) having had the cortex of the brain removed or separated. Example sentencesExamples - Generalized tonic seizures may mimic decerebrate and decorticate posturing.
- She was found to have a reduced level of consciousness, posturing consistent with a decorticate state, and unequal pupils.
- The terminal illness is characterised by deep coma and decerebrate or decorticate posturing.
- The patient's condition continued to deteriorate, with decorticate posturing to painful stimuli.
Origin Early 17th century: from Latin decorticat- 'stripped of its bark', from the verb decorticare, from de- (expressing removal) + cortex, cortic- 'bark'. Definition of decorticate in US English: decorticateverbdēˈkôrdəˌkātdiˈkɔrdəˌkeɪt [with object]1often as adjective decorticatedtechnical Remove the bark, rind, or husk from. Example sentencesExamples - All three available specimens are mostly decorticated or incomplete.
- Analyses were performed on decorticated seeds or meats.
Synonyms peel, remove, take off, flake, scrape, scratch, shave, abrade, rub, clear, clean 2Subject to surgical decortication. Example sentencesExamples - And when they put a decorticated cat in a cage with other cats, it was as though the healthy cats thought of it as dead.
- An area 13 mm wide by 25 mm long was gently decorticated.
adjectivedēˈkôrdəˌkātdiˈkɔrdəˌkeɪt Psychology Biology Relating to an animal that has had the cortex of the brain removed or separated. Example sentencesExamples - The terminal illness is characterised by deep coma and decerebrate or decorticate posturing.
- She was found to have a reduced level of consciousness, posturing consistent with a decorticate state, and unequal pupils.
- The patient's condition continued to deteriorate, with decorticate posturing to painful stimuli.
- Generalized tonic seizures may mimic decerebrate and decorticate posturing.
Origin Early 17th century: from Latin decorticat- ‘stripped of its bark’, from the verb decorticare, from de- (expressing removal) + cortex, cortic- ‘bark’. |