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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To deprive (an organ or body part) of a nerve supply, as by surgically removing or cutting a nerve or by blocking a nerve connection with drugs.

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  • verb medicine, surgery To deprive an organ of a nerve supply

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