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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To eliminate cerebral brain function in (an animal) by removing the cerebrum, cutting across the brain stem, or severing certain arteries in the brain stem, as for purposes of experimentation.
  • adjective Deprived of cerebral function, as by having the cerebrum removed.
  • adjective Resulting from or as if from decerebration.
  • adjective Lacking intelligence or reason.
  • noun A decerebrate animal or person.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as decerebrize.
  • Deprived of the cerebrum; associated with or consecutive to removal of the cerebrum.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective biology Having the cerebrum removed
  • verb To remove the cerebrum in order to eliminate brain function

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb remove the cerebrum from (a human body)

Etymologies

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de- +‎ cerebrate

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