decorticate

Verb
  1. Remove the outer layer of (synset 201266563)
    "decorticate a tree branch"
    is a type of: strip - remove the surface from
  2. Remove the cortex of (an organ) (synset 200176884)
    referred to in: operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
    is a type of: remove, take, take away, withdraw - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

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