Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun decortication

1 sense of decortication

Sense 1
decortication -- (removal of the outer covering of an organ or part)
       => operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process -- (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery")