decortication (redirected from decorticate)

decortication /de·cor·ti·ca·tion/ (de-kor″tĭ-ka´shun)

1. removal of the outer covering from a plant, seed, or root.

2. removal of portions of the cortical substance of a structure or organ.

---

de·cor·ti·ca·tion (d-kôrt-kshn)

n.

The removal of the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of an organ or a structure.

---

de·corti·cate v.

---

Decortication

Surgical removal of the fibrous peel that covers the lungs in third-stage empyema.

Mentioned in: Empyema

---

decortication

[dēkôr′tikā′shən]

Etymology: L, de + cortex, bark

(in medicine) the removal of portions of the cortex or surface layer of an organ or structure, such as the kidney, the brain, and the lung. decorticate, v., adj.

---

decortication, decortification

1. removal of the outer covering from a plant, seed or root.

2. removal of portions of the cortical substance of a structure or organ.