decerebrate

• Verbo usado para indicar a remoção do cérebro ou de parte dele, ou levar a um estado de morte cerebral; frequentemente usado em contexto médico ou fisiológico.

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

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   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.