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decerebrates

decerebrates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of decerebrate.

Meaning of decerebrate

Verb

decerebrate (third-person singular simple present decerebrates, present participle decerebrating, simple past and past participle decerebrated)

  1. To remove the cerebrum in order to eliminate brain function.
    • […] and the correct principles of delivering it through the different straits of the pelvis after the head has been decerebrated and crushed.1876, “Is craniotomy, cephalotripsy, or cranioclasm, preferable to the Cæsarean section in pelves ranging from one and a half to two and a half inches?”, in Transactions of the New York Academy of...

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Questions about decerebrates

What is decerebrates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Decerebrates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of decerebrate.

Words near decerebrates in the dictionary

  1. deceptress
  2. deceptresses
  3. decerebellate
  4. decerebrate
  5. decerebrated
  6. decerebrates
  7. decerebrating
  8. decerebration
  9. decerebrations
  10. decerebrise
  11. decerebrize

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