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decerebrizes

decerebrizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

Questions about decerebrizes

What is decerebrizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Decerebrizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of decerebrize.

Words near decerebrizes in the dictionary

  1. decerebration
  2. decerebrations
  3. decerebrise
  4. decerebrize
  5. decerebrized
  6. decerebrizes
  7. decerebrizing
  8. decern
  9. decerned
  10. decerneth
  11. decerning

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