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Decorticate

//diːˈkɔːtɪkeɪt// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having had the cortex removed not-comparable

    "visually decorticate"

Verb
  1. 1
    To peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something. ergative, transitive

    "[…] 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. 2
    remove the cortex of (an organ) wordnet
  3. 3
    To surgically remove the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of an organ etc. transitive
  4. 4
    remove the outer layer of wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

The verb is first attested in 1611, the adjective in 1872; borrowed from Latin dēcorticātus, perfect passive participle of dēcorticō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from dē- (“of, from”) + cortex (“bark”, oblique stem in cortic-) + -ō.

Etymology 2

The verb is first attested in 1611, the adjective in 1872; borrowed from Latin dēcorticātus, perfect passive participle of dēcorticō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from dē- (“of, from”) + cortex (“bark”, oblique stem in cortic-) + -ō.

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