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DECORTICATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove the cortex of (an organ)

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "decorticate" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Domain category:

operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

decortication (removal of the outer covering of an organ or part)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Remove the outer layer of

Example:

decorticate a tree branch

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "decorticate" is one way to...):

strip (remove the surface from)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

decortication (removal of the outer covering of an organ or part)

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