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denervate

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de·ner·vate (d-nûrvt)
v.
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.

dener·vation n.


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Moreover, scientists can denervate a regrowing limb midway through regeneration without stopping it, suggesting that there's a window of time in which regeneration is dependent on the nerves.
The middle fossa approach to the anterosuperior surface of the petrous pyramid has been used by neurotologists to excise small acoustic neuromas, to denervate the vestibular labyrinth, and to decompress and repair the proximal intratemporal facial nerve.
 
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