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decerebration

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-cer-e-bra-tion
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of decerebrating; the elimination of cerebral brain function in an animal by removing the cerebrum, cutting across the brain stem, or severing certain arteries in the brain stem.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

decerebrations (plural)

Questions

What does decerebration mean?
The act of decerebrating; the elimination of cerebral brain function in an animal by removing the cerebrum, cutting across the brain stem, or severing certain arteries in the brain stem.

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