decerebrize

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English

Verb

decerebrize (third-person singular simple present decerebrizes, present participle decerebrizing, simple past and past participle decerebrized)

  1. Synonym of decerebrate
    • 1938, Albert Clayton Reid, Elements of psychology: an introduction, page 255:
      Decerebrize a frog by clipping the spinal cord at a point near the brain; with a heavy pin fasten the frog to a wall, and touch, say, his right thigh with a piece of blotting paper soaked with acetic acid; the frog will move the right leg []