spinalizing

Verb

spinalize (third-person singular simple present spinalizes, present participle spinalizing, simple past and past participle spinalized)

1. (transitive) To surgically separate the spinal cord of (an animal) from the brain.
   • Such procedures may involve surgically separating the spinal cord from the brain. In this case, the animal is called spinalized or a spinal preparation. If we assume that every volitional act comes from the brain, then in a spinalized animal all muscle reactions to external stimuli are apparently...2008, Mark L. Latash, Neurophysiological Basis of Movement