DECORTICATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Removal of the outer covering of an organ or part

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Hypernyms ("decortication" is a kind of...):

operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)

Derivation:

decorticate (remove the cortex of (an organ))

decorticate (remove the outer layer of)