Definitions for decorticate

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decorticate de·cor·ti·cate

Spelling: [dee-kawr-ti-keyt]

IPA: /diˈkɔr tɪˌkeɪt/

Decorticate is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 637 anagrams from letters in decorticate (accdeeiortt).

Definitions for decorticate

verb (used with object)

1. to remove the bark, husk, or outer covering from.
2. Surgery. to remove the cortex from (an organ or structure).

Origin of decorticate

1605-15; Latin dēcorticātus (past participle of dēcorticāre to peel), equivalent to dē- de- + corticātus having bark, shell; see corticate