decorticate

• Verbe signifiant enlever l'écorce, la peau ou le revêtement extérieur de quelque chose, ou dans un contexte médical, retirer le cortex d'un organe.

A verb meaning to remove the bark, rind, or outer covering from something, or in a medical context, to remove the cortex of an organ.

1. Remove the outer layerC2formalmedical

   To strip or remove the outer covering, bark, or husk from something.

   Décortiquer (sens large)

   • The machine is used to decorticate the seeds before processing.
   • Workers decorticate the tree bark to extract the fibers.
   • The chef carefully decorticated the fruit to reveal the inner flesh.

   Synonymesbarkflayhullhuskparepeelshellshuckskinstrip

   Antonymescoatcoverencaseenvelopsheathewrap

2. C2formalmedical

   To surgically remove the cortex of an organ, such as the brain or kidney.

   Décortiquer un organe

   • The surgeon performed a procedure to decorticate the damaged kidney.
   • Decorticating the brain is a highly specialized neurosurgical technique.
   • The patient underwent surgery to decorticate the affected area of the organ.