Definition of Decollated

1. a. Decapitated; worn or cast off in the process of growth, as the apex of certain univalve shells.

Definition of Decollated

1. Verb. (past of decollate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Decollated

1. decollate [v] - See also: decollate

Medical Definition of Decollated

1. Decapitated; worn or cast off in the process of growth, as the apex of certain univalve shells. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Decollated

decohered
decoherence
decoherent
decoheres
decohering
decoit
decoities
decoits
decoity
decoke
decoked
decokes
decoking
decoletage
decollate
decollated (current term)
decollates
decollating
decollation
decollations
decollator
decollement
decolletage
decolletages
decollete
decolletes
decologies
decology
decolonisation
decolonisations

Literary usage of Decollated

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports on the Progress of Zoology and Botany, 1841, 1842 by Ray Society (1845)
"M. glans ; longish ; smooth ; decollated ; two whorls ; mouth bluish : Java. ... M. testudinaria; smooth ; decollated at the point; yellowish with black ..."

2. Structural and Systematic Conchology: An Introduction to the Study of the by George Washington Tryon (1882)
"decollated Shells. It frequently happens that as spiral shells become adult they cease to occupy the upper part of their cavity; the space thus vacated ..."

3. The New York Medical Times (1896)
".After making a large costal resection, the lung may be at once explored through the decollated pleura, and if this process yields nothing, recourse can ..."

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