decortication in English

noun
1
the removal of the outer layer or cortex from a structure, especially the lung, brain, or other organ.
The procedure is known as a decortication , and will require general anesthesia.

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1. Decortication caused by red deer ought to be studied under this view-point of the physiology of alimentation.