| NOUN | act | decortication | removal of the outer covering of an organ or part |
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| Meaning | removal of the outer covering of an organ or part. | |
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| Broader | operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process | A medical procedure involving an incision with instruments |
| Spanish | decorticación | |
| Verbs | decorticate | remove the cortex / cortex of (an organ) |
| decorticate | remove the outer layer of | |
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