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decerebration

decerebration noun: the act of decerebrating; the elimination of cerebral brain function in an animal by removing the cerebrum, cutting across the brain stem, or severing certain arteries in the brain stem.

Noun

decerebration (countable and uncountable, plural decerebrations)

  1. The act of decerebrating; the elimination of cerebral brain function in an animal by removing the cerebrum, cutting across the brain stem, or severing certain arteries in the brain stem.

decerebration meaning in Tamil

decerebration in Tamil

பெரு மூளை நீக்கம், பெருமூளை வெட்டு

Forms of decerebration

pluraldecerebrations

Questions about decerebration

What does decerebration mean?
Decerebration means the act of decerebrating; the elimination of cerebral brain function in an animal by removing the cerebrum, cutting across the brain stem, or severing certain arteries in the brain stem.
What is decerebration in Tamil?
Decerebration in Tamil is பெரு மூளை நீக்கம், பெருமூளை வெட்டு. See Decerebration meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is decerebration?
Decerebration is a noun.
What is the plural of decerebration?
The plural of decerebration is decerebrations.

Words near decerebration in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: decerebration (page history and authors); decerebration (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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