decorticate

decorticate
[diːˈkɔːtɪkeɪt]
verb
[with obj.]
  1. [often as adj. decorticated](technical)remove the bark, rind, or husk from
    (技)剥皮（或壳）
    decorticated groundnuts.
    花生仁。
  2. subject to surgical decortication
    （手术）剥除外皮
adjective
  1. (Biology & Psychology)of or relating to an animal that has had the cortex of the brain removed or separated
    (生， 心理)（动物）大脑皮层被剥除的，去皮质的
语源
  1. early 17th cent.: from Latin decorticat- 'stripped of its bark', from the verb decorticare, from de- (expressing removal) + cortex, cortic- 'bark'
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