with obj.
1
- often as adj. decorticated technical remove the bark, rind, or husk from〈技〉剥除…的皮, 去…的壳：
decorticated groundnuts.
花生仁。
2
- subject to surgical decortication（手术）剥除…的皮质。
- Biology & Psychology of or relating to an animal that has had the cortex of the brain removed or separated【生, 心理】（动物）大脑皮层被剥除的, 去皮质的。
词源
early 17th cent.: from Latin decorticat- 'stripped of its bark'， from the verb decorticare, from de- (expressing removal)+cortex， cortic- 'bark'.