denervate

American

[dee-nur-veyt] / diˈnɜr veɪt /

verb (used with object)

Surgery.

denervated, denervating

to cut off the nerve supply from (an organ or body part) by surgery or anesthetic block.

denervate British

/ ˈdɛnəˌveɪt /

verb

(tr) to deprive (a tissue or organ) of its nerve supply

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Other Word Forms

denervation noun

Etymology

Origin of denervate

First recorded in 1900–05; de- + nerve + -ate ¹

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"But somewhere between those two extremes I would hope there would be a sweet spot where we could potentially deliver enough energy to denervate and produce a clinically meaningful effect on blood pressure without those bad side effects of surgery," Bhatt said.

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