decerebrate

• Verbo utilizado para indicar la acción de extirpar el cerebro o parte de él, o de dejar a alguien en estado de muerte cerebral; se emplea a menudo en contextos médicos o fisiológicos. También puede referirse a anular la función cerebral.

A verb used to indicate the act of removing the cerebrum or brain, or rendering brain-dead; often used in medical or physiological contexts.

1. C2formalmedical

   To surgically remove the cerebrum from a human or animal body, often used in experimental contexts.

   Descerebrar

   • The procedure to decerebrate the animal was performed under strict ethical guidelines.
   • In historical experiments, scientists would decerebrate specimens to study brain functions.
   • The surgeon explained the risks of attempting to decerebrate a human subject.