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deafferented

deafferented is the simple past and past participle of deafferent.

Meaning of deafferent

Verb

deafferent (third-person singular simple present deafferents, present participle deafferenting, simple past and past participle deafferented)

  1. (transitive) To detach from the nervous system.
    • The researchers deafferented the monkeys' limbs.

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Words formed from deafferented

Questions about deafferented

What is deafferented the simple past and past participle of?
Deafferented is the simple past and past participle of deafferent.

Words near deafferented in the dictionary

  1. deafferentated
  2. deafferentates
  3. deafferentating
  4. deafferentation
  5. deafferentations
  6. deafferented
  7. deafferentiated
  8. deafferenting
  9. deafferents
  10. deafforest
  11. deafforestation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: deafferented (page history and authors); deafferent (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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