decerebrated

Variant of decerebrate

adjective

of or having to do with an animal or person lacking cerebral functions, as in consequence of an experiment or an illness

noun

a decerebrate animal or person

transitive verb decerebrated, decerebrating

to eliminate cerebral functions of (an animal), as by surgical removal of the cerebrum or by severing the brain stem

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