excerebration

English

Etymology

From Latin excerebratus (“deprived of brains”), from ex (“out”) + cerebrum (“brain”).

Noun

excerebration (countable and uncountable, plural excerebrations)

1. The act of removing a person's brains.

References

• “excerebration”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.