brain death

brain death

n.

Irreversible brain damage and loss of brain function, as evidenced by cessation of breathing and other vital reflexes, unresponsiveness to stimuli, absence of muscle activity, and a flat electroencephalogram for a specific length of time.

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brain death

n

(Pathology) irreversible cessation of respiration due to irreparable brain damage, even though the heart may continue beating with the aid of a mechanical ventilator: widely considered as the criterion of death. Also called: cerebral death

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brain′ death`

n.

complete cessation of brain function as evidenced by absence of brain-wave activity on an electroencephalogram: sometimes used as a legal definition of death.

[1965–70]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

brain death - death when respiration and other reflexes are absent; consciousness is gone; organs can be removed for transplantation before the heartbeat stops cerebral death death - the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism; "the animal died a painful death"

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Translations

agyhalál

brain death

n → morte f clinica

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