Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of removing the cortex or outer layer; removal of the bark or husk.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of stripping off the bark, rind, hull, or outer coat.
WordNet 3.0
- n. removal of the outer covering of an organ or part
Examples
“GUPTA: Theoretically, it could, but this procedure, called decortication, actually removes not only the scar tissue, but the layer of tissue around the lung that causes scarring in the first place.”
“The operation is called a decortication pleurectomy, and was done while one lung was deflated and a tube was inserted to ventilate the other.”
“This process is known as decortication and, as well as raising the oil content of the raw material entering the extraction machinery, it ensures a higher protein content in the oil-cake.”
“Processing of ramie fibers requires two operations, namely decortication and degumming:”
“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.”
“So, I've been mulling over CodeBlueBlog's coverage of Bill Clinton's decortication.”
“It is for this reason that traditional hand decortication often produces low yields of flour (not to mention its tendency to go rancid during storage).”
“Such grain lends itself to high storage losses, low decortication yields, poor food quality, and poor seedling vigor.”
“He found her comatose with evidence of decortication, a condition relating to derangement of the cortex of the brain causing a physical posture in which the upper extremities are flexed and the lower extremities are extended.”
“Known sources of equipment for the decortication of sunflower seeds, groundnuts and palm kernels are listed below.”
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