decorticate

English

Etymology

From Latin dēcorticātus, past participle of dēcorticō.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈkɔːtɪkeɪt/

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Verb

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

1. (transitive, ergative) To peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something.
   • 1962, Lindsay Dixon Pryor, Trees in Canberra, page 89:

     […] but its striking white trunk, which changes to a bright pink in late spring or summer just before it decorticates, makes it a handsome species.

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