Definition of "decortication" []

• The removal of the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of anything (noun)

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• "GUPTA: Theoretically, it could, but this procedure, called decortication, actually removes not only the scar tissue, but the layer of tissue around the lung that causes scarring in the first place."
• "The operation is called a decortication pleurectomy, and was done while one lung was deflated and a tube was inserted to ventilate the other."
• "This process is known as decortication and, as well as raising the oil content of the raw material entering the extraction machinery, it ensures a higher protein content in the oil-cake."