to deprive (a tissue or organ) of its nerve supply
Derived forms
denervation (ˌdenerˈvation)
noun
denervate in American English
(diˈnɜːrveit)
transitive verbWord forms: -vated, -vating
Surgery
to cut off the nerve supply from (an organ or body part) by surgery or anesthetic block
Derived forms
denervation
noun
Word origin
[1900–05; de- + nerve + -ate1]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Young Turk, clone, geopolitics, hookup, hydroplane-ate is a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, its English distribution parallelingthat of Latin. The form originated as a suffix added to a- stem verbs to form adjectives (separate). The resulting form could also be used independently as a noun (advocate) and came to be used as a stem on which a verb could be formed (separate; advocate; agitate). In English the use as a verbal suffix has been extended to stems of non-Latin origin(calibrate; acierate)
Examples of 'denervate' in a sentence
denervate
At the 20th day, ultrasound guided stellate ganglion block was performed to denervate sympathetic activity.
Başak Altıparmak, Ali İhsan Uysal, Eylem Yaşar, Semra Demirbilek 2018, 'Alternative approach to autonomic instability of very severe tetanus: stellate ganglionblock', Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiologyhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0104001416301749. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)