Definition of Decerebrate

1. Verb. Remove the cerebrum from (a human body).

Category relationships: Surgery
Generic synonyms: Get Rid Of, Remove

Definition of Decerebrate

1. Adjective. (biology) Having the cerebrum removed ¹

2. Verb. To remove the cerebrum in order to eliminate brain function ¹

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Definition of Decerebrate

1. [v -BRATED, -BRATING, -BRATES]

Medical Definition of Decerebrate

1. 1. To cause decerebration. 2. Denoting an animal so prepared, or a patient whose brain has suffered an injury which renders him in his neurologic behaviour comparable to a decerebrate animal. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Decerebrate

deception
deceptional
deceptions
deceptious
deceptive
deceptive advertising
deceptive cadence
deceptive cadences
deceptively
deceptively misdescriptive
deceptiveness
deceptivenesses
deceptivities
deceptivity
deceptory
decerebrate (current term)
decerebrate reflex
decerebrate rigidity
decerebrate state
decerebrated
decerebrates
decerebrating
decerebration
decerebrations
decerebrise
decern
decerned
decerning
decerniture
decernitures

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