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What does decorticate mean?

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  1. (transitive) To peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something.
  2. (transitive) To surgically remove the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of an organ etc.
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Electromyographic correlations of sleep in the chronic decorticate and mesencephalic cat.
She was found to have a reduced level of consciousness, posturing consistent with a decorticate state, and unequal pupils.
Decorticate, decerebrate and opisthotonic posturing and seizures in Kenyan children with cerebral malaria.
Decorticate response and flexion are combined, as their differentiation is difficult.
The patient's condition continued to deteriorate, with decorticate posturing to painful stimuli.
The terminal illness is characterised by deep coma and decerebrate or decorticate posturing.

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