decorticate

English

Etymology

From Latin dēcorticātus, past participle of dēcorticō.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈkɔːtɪkeɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

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.

Synonyms

• (remove bark): excorticate, delibrate

Derived terms

• decorticated
• decortication
• decorticator
• hemidecorticate

 

Translations

peel or remove the bark, husk or outer layer from something

• Bulgarian: обелвам (bg) (obelvam)
• Catalan: escorxar (ca)
• French: décortiquer (fr)
• Icelandic: afhýða
• Irish: snamh, rúisc
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: avbarke, slindbarke (no) (with an axe)

• Spanish: descortezar (es)

surgically remove the surface layer

Adjective

decorticate (not comparable)

1. Having had the cortex removed

   Synonym: decorticated

   visually decorticate

   having had the visual cortex removed

Italian

Etymology 1

Adjective

decorticate f pl

1. feminine plural of decorticato

Participle

decorticate f pl

1. feminine plural of decorticato

Etymology 2

Verb

decorticate

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

Latin

Verb

dēcorticāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēcorticō

Spanish

Verb

decorticate

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