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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