The new mediacal dictionary. 2014.
decerebrate — [dē ser′ə brāt΄] adj. of or having to do with an animal or person lacking cerebral functions, as in consequence of an experiment or an illness n. a decerebrate animal or person vt. decerebrated, decerebrating to eliminate cerebral functions of… … English World dictionary
decerebrate — 1. To cause decerebration. 2. Denoting an animal so prepared, or a patient whose brain has suffered an injury which renders the patient, in neurologic behavior, comparable to a d. animal. * * * de·cer·e·brate ( )dē ser ə brət, .brāt; .dē sə r … Medical dictionary
decerebrate — I. adjective Date: 1897 1. characteristic of decerebration < decerebrate rigidity > 2. having the cerebrum removed or made inactive II. transitive verb Date: circa 1900 to remove the cerebrum from; also to make incapable of cerebral activity •… … New Collegiate Dictionary
decerebrate — verb (t) /diˈsɛrəbreɪt/ (say dee seruhbrayt) (decerebrated, decerebrating) 1. Surgery to eliminate cerebral function in (an animal) by severing the connection between the brain or a part of the brain and the nervous system. –adjective… …
decerebrate animal — an experimental animal that has been subjected to decerebration; such an animal exhibits rigid extension of the lower limbs, with strong tonic contraction of the extensor muscles and to some extent the flexor muscles. See also decerebrate, and… … Medical dictionary
decerebrate rigidity — an abnormal body posture produced by decerebration. In experimental animals it is marked by rigid extension of the lower limbs (hindlimbs in a quadruped). In humans it is manifested by the person lying in rigid extension with the upper limbs… … Medical dictionary
decerebrate — decerebration, n. v. /dee ser euh brayt /; n. /dee ser euh brayt , brit/, v., decerebrated, decerebrating, n. v.t. 1. Surg. to remove the cerebrum. n. 2. a decerebrated animal. 3. a person who, because of brain injury, exhibits behavior… … Universalium
decerebrate — 1. adjective Having the cerebrum removed 2. verb To remove the cerebrum in order to eliminate brain function … Wiktionary
decerebrate — v. cause decerebration; remove surgically the cerebrum (in an experimental animal), cut the brain stem (of an animal); remove cerebral brain function by surgically removing the cerebrum; make incapable of cerebral activity adj. having lost all… … English contemporary dictionary
decerebrate — [di: sɛrɪbreɪt] adjective Biology having had the cerebrum removed. Derivatives decerebration noun … English new terms dictionary
