decorticate

Meaning

Verb

1. (ergative, 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.

Adj

Having had the cortex removed

Synonyms

hull

skin

shell

🐚

leach

pare

peel

peeling

peel off

pod

shave

shelling

shuck

skim

skinning

strip

uncase

draw

skim off

exfoliate

husk

Translations

kabuğunu soymak

decorticare

enthülsen

schälen

ausschoten

entrinden

décortiquer

dépouiller

écosser

🐚

éplucher

mondare

ontschorsen

mondar

pelar

انزع لحاء

Pronounced as (IPA)

/diːˈkɔːtɪkeɪt/

Etymology

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.