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decerebrate
[dee-ser-uh-breyt, dee-ser-uh-breyt, -brit]
verb (used with object)
Surgery.Ģżto 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
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- decerebration noun
- »å±šĖ³¦±š°ł±šĖ²ś°ł²¹³Ł¾±“Ē²Ō noun
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of decerebrate1
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of decerebrate1
Example Sentences
Mori, S. Integration of posture and locomotion in acute decerebrate cats and in awake, freely moving cats.
Before she relaxed in the dusky pallor of death, she had what looked like ādecerebrate posturingā ā an arching of the neck that occurs as the brain is squeezed through the base of the skull.
I mention not the levels at all, nor do I speak of "decerebrate metaphysics."
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