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brain dead - having irreversible loss of brain function as indicated by a persistent flat electroencephalogram; "was declared brain dead"

dead - no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"

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brain death brain-dead brainchild			WORCESTER - A Worcester Juvenile Court judge said yesterday that since 7-year-old Nathaniel Turner was declared brain dead by a doctor at UMass Memorial Medical Center - University Campus, there would be no hearing to determine whether to remove the boy from life support. A family decision; Judge says ventilator removal is not up to court by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) The woman was declared brain dead in February last year after she sustained cerebral damage and fell into a coma while undergoing a lung examination at the Severance Hospital in Seoul. SKorea's top court upholds 'right to die' ruling by AFP / AFP Asian Edition The woman was declared brain dead in February last year after she sustained cerebral damage and fell into a coma while undergoing a lung examination at the Severance Hospital in Seoul. SKorea's top court upholds 'right to die' ruling by AFP / AFP Global Edition			Brahmin brahminic brahminical Brahminism Brahmo-somaj Brahmoism Brahms Brahui braid braided braided stream braiding Braidism brail Braila Braille Brailler Braillewriter brain Brain box brain candy brain cell brain cloud brain coral brain damage brain dead brain death brain disease brain disorder brain doctor brain drain brain edema Brain fag brain fever brain gain brain haemorrhage brain hormone brain mushroom brain pan Brain sand brain scan brain science brain stem brain sugar brain surgeon brain surgery brain trust brain truster brain tumor brain tumour brain up			brain commissure brain commissure brain commissure brain compression brain concussion brain concussion brain concussion brain concussion Brain contusion brain coral brain coral brain corals brain corals brain coup lesion brain coup lesion brain coup lesion brain coup lesion brain cyclic nucleotide-gated Brain Cytoplasmic 1 brain damage brain damage brain damage brain damage brain damage Brain damage, chronic Brain damage, chronic Brain damage, chronic Brain damaged Brain damaged Brain damaged brain dead Brain Dead Baseline Brain Dead Cager Brain Dead Idiot Cager Brain Dead Is Forever Brain Dead User brain death brain death brain death brain death brain decompression brain decompression brain decompression brain decompression Brain Derived Nerve Factor Brain Development Imaging Lab Brain Development Research Program brain disease Brain diseases Brain diseases Brain diseases Brain diseases brain disorder brain disorder brain disorder Brain disorders Brain disorders Brain disorders Brain Disorders and Clinical Neuroscience brain doctor Brain downloading

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