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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of removing or beating out the brains; specifically, in obstetrics, the removal of the brain of the child to facilitate delivery. Also called
eccephalosis .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of removing or beating out the brains.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
removing orbeating out thebrains .
Etymologies
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Latin excerebratus deprived of brains; ex out + cerebrum brain.
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