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decorticate

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11 lettersPronunciation /diːˈkɔːtɪkeɪt/Part of speech verbSorted accdeeiorttStarts with DEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. remove the cortex of (an organ)

Word origin

The verb is first attested in 1611, the adjective in 1872; borrowed from Latin dēcorticātus, perfect passive participle of dēcorticō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from dē- (“of, from”) + cortex (“bark”, oblique stem in cortic-) + -ō.

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  • […] but its striking white trunk, which changes to a bright pink in late spring or summer just before it decorticates, makes it a handsome species.
  • visually decorticate
    having had the visual cortex removed

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