decorticate
transitive verb
de·cor·ti·cate
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decorticated;
decorticating
Medical Definition of decorticate
(Entry 1 of 2)
: to remove all or part of the cortex from (as the brain)
decorticate
adjective
de·cor·ti·cate
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, -kət
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, -kət
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Medical Definition of decorticate (Entry 2 of 2)
: lacking a cortex and especially the cerebral cortex
experiments with decorticate cats