decorticate

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.

• (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, ergative) To peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something.

   Synonyms: excorticate, delibrate

   • 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.

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