decorticate

From Latin dēcorticātus, past participle of dēcorticāre.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈkɔːtɪkeɪt/

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decorticate (third-person singular simple present decorticates, present participle decorticating, simple past and past participle decorticated)

1. (transitive) To peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something.
2. (transitive) To surgically remove the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of an organ etc.

• (remove bark): excorticate, delibrate

• decorticated
• decortication
• hemidecorticate

decorticate (not comparable)

1. Having had the cortex removed

   Synonym: decorticated

   visually decorticate

   having had the visual cortex removed

decorticate f pl

1. feminine plural of decorticato

decorticate f pl

1. feminine plural of decorticato

decorticate

1. inflection of decorticare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

dēcorticāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēcorticō

decorticate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of decorticar combined with te