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decorticate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /diːˈkɔːtɪkeɪt/ (UK)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Having had the cortex removed
    • visually decorticate

Synonyms

decorticated

decorticate en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /diːˈkɔːtɪkeɪt/ (UK)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (ergative, transitive) To peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something.
    • […] 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. 1962, Lindsay Dixon Pryor, Trees in Canberra, page 89:
  2. (transitive) To surgically remove the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of an organ etc.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
decorticating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
decorticated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
decorticated Tense=Past lexicographic
decorticates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

hemidecorticate · decortication · decorticated · decorticator

Relateds

cortex · excorticate

Synonyms

delibrate · excorticate

Translations (12)

es descortezar (peel or remove the bark, husk or outer layer from something) · sq zhvoshk (peel or remove the bark, husk or outer layer from something) · is afhýða (peel or remove the bark, husk or outer layer from something) · nb slindbarke (peel or remove the bark, husk or outer layer from something) · ga rúisc (peel or remove the bark, husk or outer layer from something) · nb avbarke (peel or remove the bark, husk or outer layer from something) · fr décortiquer (peel or remove the bark, husk or outer layer from something) · ga snamh (peel or remove the bark, husk or outer layer from something) · bg обелвам (peel or remove the bark, husk or outer layer from something) · ca decorticar (surgically remove the surface layer) · ca escorxar (peel or remove the bark, husk or outer layer from something) · fr décortiquer (surgically remove the surface layer)