English verb: decorticate | |||
1. | decorticate (contact) remove the outer layer of | ||
Samples | Decorticate a tree branch. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | strip | ||
2. | decorticate (change) remove the cortex of (an organ) | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | remove, take, take away, withdraw | ||
Domain category | operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process | ||