decorticate
Remove outer layer
To decorticate is to remove the outer layer—the bark from a tree, the husk from grain, or the cortex from an organ.
In medicine, decorticate posture describes a specific rigid body position indicating brain damage, where arms flex inward toward the chest.
The word appears most often in technical contexts: agriculture, surgery, neurology.
Medical field treating brain surgically
- craniotomySurgical skull removal procedure
- posturingInsincere behavior for effect
- rigidityState of being unbending
- decerebrateRemove the cerebrum
resection · lesion · brainstem · hemispheric · neurological · prognosis · coma · trauma
Narrow elongated piece
- flayStrip off covering
- shearLateral sliding force
- exfoliateRemove outer skin layers
- abradeErode through friction
scrape · denude · expose · bare · remove · outer · surface · layer
neurosurgery
Medical field treating brain surgically
- craniotomySurgical skull removal procedure
- posturingInsincere behavior for effect
- rigidityState of being unbending
decerebrate · resection · lesion · brainstem · hemispheric · neurological · prognosis · coma · trauma · reflexes
strip
Narrow elongated piece
abrade · scrape · denude · expose · bare · remove · outer · surface · layer · rasp
peel
Outer fruit layer
pare · bark · citrus · orange · lemon · grapefruit · pomelo · tangerine · pith · albedo
husk
Dry seed covering
hull · winnowing · threshing · grain · cereal · maize · wheat · barley · oats · rice