English

Adjective

deafferent ‎(not comparable)

1. Detached from the nervous system.

Verb

deafferent ‎(third-person singular simple present deafferents, present participle deafferenting, simple past and past participle deafferented)

1. (transitive) To detach from the nervous system.

   The researchers deafferented the monkeys' limbs.

Related terms

• deafferentation