decorticate

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: de=cor=ti=cate

OXFORD DICTIONARY

decorticate, v.tr.
1 remove the bark, rind, or husk from.
2 remove the outside layer from (the kidney, brain, etc.).

Etymology

L decorticare decorticat- (as DE-, cortex -icis bark)

ROGET THESAURUS

decorticate

Divestment

VB divest, uncover &c (cover), denude, bare, strip, disfurnish, undress, disrobe &c (dress, enrobe), uncoif, dismantle, put off, take off, cast off, doff, peel, pare, decorticate, excoriate, skin, scalp, flay, expose, lay open, exfoliate, molt, mew, cast the skin.