Usually means: Remove or sever the nerves.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. denervate: Merriam-Webster
  2. denervate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. denervate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. denervate: Collins English Dictionary
  5. denervate: Wiktionary
  6. denervate: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. denervate: Dictionary.com
  8. denervate: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. denervate: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. denervate: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Denervate: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  4. denervate: Medical dictionary
  5. Denervate: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (denervate)

▸ verb:  (transitive, medicine, surgery) To deprive (an organ) of a nerve supply.

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