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.
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1) having the cerebrum removed or made inactive <\decerebrate rats>
2) characteristic of decerebration <\decerebrate rigidity>
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adj.
denoting a neurological state in which the functions of the higher centres of the brain are eliminated. This is brought about in experimental animals by cutting across the brain below the cerebrum, but certain injuries to the brain in humans may cause the same severe neurological signs as occur in a decerebrate animal.
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de·cer·e·brate (de-serґə-brāt) in experimental animals, to eliminate cerebral function, as by removal of the brain, transection of the brainstem, or ligation of the common carotid arteries and the basilar artery.Medical dictionary. 2011.