HyperDic: decortication

English > 1 sense of the word decortication:
NOUNactdecorticationremoval of the outer covering of an organ or part
English > decortication: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaningremoval of the outer covering of an organ or part.
Broaderoperation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical processA medical procedure involving an incision with instruments
Spanishdecorticación
Verbsdecorticateremove the cortex / cortex of (an organ)
decorticateremove the outer layer of

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