Medical Dictionary
transitive verb
de·cor·ti·cate
\(ˈ)dē-ˈkȯrt-ə-ˌkāt\
Medical Definition of decorticate
decorticated
;decorticating
: to remove all or part of the cortex from (as the brain)
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