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decerebrate
[ verb dee-ser-uh-breyt; noun dee-ser-uh-breyt, -brit ]
verb (used with object)
decerebrated, decerebrating.
- Surgery. to remove the cerebrum.
noun
- a decerebrated animal.
- a person who, because of brain injury, exhibits behavior characteristic of a decerebrated animal.
decerebrate
verb
- tr to remove the brain or a large section of the brain or to cut the spinal cord at the level of the brain stem of (a person or animal)
noun
- a decerebrated individual
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Derived Forms
- »å±ðËŒ³¦±ð°ù±ðˈ²ú°ù²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- »å±ð·³¦±ð°ùe·²ú°ù²¹î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of decerebrate1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of decerebrate1
C19: from de- + cerebro- + -ate 1
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Mori, S. Integration of posture and locomotion in acute decerebrate cats and in awake, freely moving cats.
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Before she relaxed in the dusky pallor of death, she had what looked like “decerebrate posturing†— an arching of the neck that occurs as the brain is squeezed through the base of the skull.
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I mention not the levels at all, nor do I speak of "decerebrate metaphysics."
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