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decerebrise

decerebrise is the alternative form of decerebrize.

Meaning of decerebrize

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of decerebrate.
    • 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 […]1938, Albert Clayton Reid, Elements of psychology: an introduction, page 255
    Synonyms:
    decerebrate

Forms of decerebrise

third-person singular presentdecerebrises
present participledecerebrising
past participledecerebrised
pastdecerebrised

Questions about decerebrise

What is decerebrise the alternative form of?
Decerebrise is the alternative form of decerebrize.

Words near decerebrise in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: decerebrise (page history and authors); decerebrize (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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