decortication noun. [dɪ,kɔ:tɪ'keɪʃ(ǝ)n] E17.
[Latin decorticatio(n-), formed as DECORTICATE: see -ATION.]
The removal of the peel, bark, or other outer layer from something; spec. surgical removal of the cortex of the brain or other organ, esp. the cutting of the brainstem above the midbrain.

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