decorticate

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As progression occurs, the pain will cause decorticate posturing (flexion of the upper extremities with lower extremities becoming rigid and extended). g.

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  1. transitive verb To remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from; peel.
  2. transitive verb To remove the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of (an organ or structure).

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  • Omni: What is most cogent about field studies of monkeys and apes DeVore: We've only begun to throw off the straitjacket of theories that tended to "decorticate" our subjects. —  Omni: June 1993
  • As progression occurs, the pain will cause decorticate posturing (flexion of the upper extremities with lower extremities becoming rigid and extended). g. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • I will interact with members by answering questions as well as introducing TBB Beta modules which we will evaluate and decorticate throughout the whole process by receiving your inputs. —  The Earth Times Online Newspaper
  • The mung bean decorticating machine can decorticate mung beans, then removing the bran from the decorticated mung beans, and grade the decorticated beans into two grades: broken decorticated mungbean and whole decorticated mung bean.
  • "She's becoming more decorticate," said Richard. —  Critical Condition
 

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  1. Latin dēcorticāre, dēcorticāt- : dē-, de- + cortex, cortic-, bark, rind; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin decorticatus, past participle of decorticare (later Portuguese decorticar = French décortiguer; cf. Italian scorticare, discorticare, with prefix dis-, and Spanish descortezar = Portuguese descortiçar = Old Italian discorzare, from a deriv. form of the noun), strip the bark off, from de, from, + cortex (cortic-), bark, whence ult. English cork: see cork, corticate.
  2. from Latin decorticatus, past participle: see the verb.
 

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/dəˈkɔrtɪkeɪt/
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