decorticate

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something.
2. verb To surgically remove the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of an organ etc.
3. adjective Having had the cortex removed

   visually decorticate

Similar words

posturing excorticate peel pare bark peel off disbark decrust deglove peel away

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