decorticate

• Verbo que significa remover a casca, a pele ou o revestimento externo de algo; em contexto médico, remover a casca de um órgão.

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.

   Remover a camada externa

   • 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.

   Sinônimosbarkflayhullhuskparepeelshellshuckskinstrip

   Antônimoscoatcoverencaseenvelopsheathewrap

2. C2formalmedical

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

   Remover o córtex de um órgão

   • 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.