1. to remove the cerebrum or brain from
Usage: medical; scientific

1. having the cerebrum removed or damaged; showing abnormal body posturing due to brain stem damage
Usage: medical; neurological

Examples

• The researchers had to decerebrate the laboratory animals for the neurological study.
• The patient exhibited decerebrate posturing after the severe head injury.
• Decerebrate rigidity is a serious neurological sign indicating brain stem damage.
• The medical team recognized the decerebrate response in the unconscious patient.
• Scientists use decerebrate preparations to study spinal cord reflexes.
• The decerebrate animal showed only primitive reflexes.