除じょ皮ひ質しつ

noun, noun-modifying (irregular)

decortication

Medical term for the surgical removal of the outer layer (cortex) of an organ, or the physiological state of decorticate rigidity. Used as a noun or prenominally.

• 除じょ皮ひ質しつ硬こう直ちょくは、大だい脳のう皮ひ質しつの広こう範はんな障しょう害がいで起おこる。

  Decorticate rigidity occurs with widespread damage to the cerebral cortex.

• 肺はいの除じょ皮ひ質しつ術じゅつは、胸きょう膜まくの線せん維い性せい被ひ膜まくを除じょ去きょする処しょ置ちだ。

  Lung decortication is a procedure to remove the fibrous peel from the pleura.