Lexico (= Oxforddict.) kennt "skeletonize / skeletonise (BE)" und erklärt es als "Reduce to a skeleton".

The Free Dictionary: skeletonize

Surgery A popular term for the stripping of serosal tissues from certain structures – eg, the round ligament,fallopian tube, to facilitate clamping or excision and minimize bleeding.

"The mastoid segment of the facial nerve is skeletonized. This will assist in locating the retrofacial air cells and protecting the facial nerve from injury."

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