decerebrize

Meanings

verbdecerebrize (third-person singular simple present decerebrizes, present participle decerebrizing, simple past and past participle decerebrized)

present singular third person decerebrizes · participle present decerebrizing · participle past decerebrized · past decerebrized

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

verbSynonym of decerebrate.

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