decortication

[ dee-kawr-ti-key-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act or process of decorticating.
2. Also de·cor·ti·za·tion [] Surgery. the removal of the cortex, the enveloping membrane, or a fibrinous covering from an organ or structure.

Word History and Origins

Origin of decortication¹

1615–25; < Latin dēcorticātiōn- (stem of dēcorticātiō ) the act of peeling off bark. See decorticate, -ion

Example Sentences

The chief industrial establishments are those for the decortication of rice at Saigon and Cholon; they are in the hands of the Chinese, by whom most of the trade in the colony is conducted.

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Last year, however, witnessed the solution of the question of decortication in the green state in a satisfactory manner by M.A.

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This property has given rise to an operation called decortication, the results of which we shall examine later on from an industrial point of view.

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