decerebrate

tr.v., -brat·ed, -brat·ing, -brates.
To eliminate cerebral brain function in (an animal) by removing the cerebrum, cutting across the brain stem, or severing certain arteries in the brain stem, as for purposes of experimentation.

adj. (also -brĭt)

1. Deprived of cerebral function, as by having the cerebrum removed.
2. Resulting from or as if from decerebration: decerebrate rigidity; decerebrate movements.
3. Lacking intelligence or reason.

n. (also -brĭt)
A decerebrate animal or person.

decerebration de·cer'e·bra'tion n.

(dē-sĕr'ə-brāt', -brĭt)
adj.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of an individual who has suffered a brain injury that results in neurological function comparable to that resulting from decerebration of an animal.

v., -brat·ed, -brat·ing, -brates. (-brāt')

To eliminate cerebral brain function in an animal by decerebration.

The act of decerebrating.