See Also: decortication(medicine)
Decortication(health)
decortication(dictionary)
cerebral decortication(medicine)
reversible decortication(medicine)

decortication (iou)



decortication noun. 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.