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decerebrate
  1. (context biology English) Having the cerebrum removed v

  2. To remove the cerebrum in order to eliminate brain function

Usage examples of "decerebrate".

Nevertheless, a decerebrate animal cannot be conditioned as specifically as can one with its cerebrum intact.

One officer took in the situation at a glance, calmly drew his Atomo-pistol and rayed every decerebrate in sight.

It's been surgically decerebrated, brains scooped out like a boiled egg.

It was all Manfred had room for in his life, and he loved that robot, despite the alarming way decerebrated kittens kept turning up on his doorstep.

It's been surgically decerebrated, skull scooped out like a baby boiled egg.