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Decortication

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decortificationnounAlternative form of decortication. [The removal of the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of anything]
excorticationnounThe act of stripping off bark, or a similar structure
decrustationnounThe removal of a crust (various senses).
desheathingnounThe removal of a sheath
exsheathmentnounRemoval of (or from) a sheath
peelingverbThe act of removing the outer surface in strips.
unsheathingverbThe removal of something from a sheath.
debridingnounThe removal of necrotic tissue or foreign matter from a wound, etc.
discerptionnounThe act of pulling or tearing something to pieces
exsectionnounA cutting out or away.
excisionnoun(surgery) The removal of something (a tumor or body part) by cutting.
abscisionnounA cutting away.
abscissionnounThe act or process of cutting off.
decerptionnouna fragment, a piece.
denudationnounThe act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare.
delacerationnoun(obsolete) An act of tearing into pieces.
defleshingnounThe act of removing the flesh.
detruncationnoun(archaic) truncation (the act of lopping off, or shortening
dedecorationnoun(rare) The removal of decoration.
dissectingnounA dissection; a taking apart.

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