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Decortication

Decortication \De*cor`ti*ca"tion\, n. [L. decorticatio: cf. F. d['e]cortication.] The act of stripping off the bark, rind, hull, or outer coat.

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decortication

n. The removal of the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of anything

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decortication

n. removal of the outer covering of an organ or part

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Decortication

Decortication is a medical procedure involving the surgical removal of the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of an organ. The procedure is usually performed when the lung is covered by a thick, inelastic pleural peel restricting lung expansion. In a non-medical aspect, decortication is the removal of the bark, husk, or outer layer, or peel of an object. It may also be done in the treatment of chronic laryngitis.

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Behemoth's fecundity, as we now understood, was inexhaustible, and, although the Tertiary demon's claws displayed a powerful vitality that seemed undiminished by their decortication, we could see where the swarm was beginning to gnaw chunks from the very bones themselves.