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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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The terminal illness is characterised by deep coma and decerebrate or decorticate posturing.
Decorticate response and flexion are combined, as their differentiation is difficult.
Decorticate, decerebrate and opisthotonic posturing and seizures in Kenyan children with cerebral malaria.
She was found to have a reduced level of consciousness, posturing consistent with a decorticate state, and unequal pupils.
The patient's condition continued to deteriorate, with decorticate posturing to painful stimuli.
Viala and Freton and Viala observed that direct central interactions do exist between the respiratory and the locomotor rhythms in decorticate rabbits.

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