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Definitions of brain death words

uncountable noun brain death Brain death occurs when someone's brain stops functioning, even though their heart may be kept beating using a machine. 3
noun brain death 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 3
noun brain death a condition in which all vital functions of the brain are determined to have irreversibly ceased: variously accepted as a legal concept of death 3
noun brain death complete cessation of brain function as evidenced by absence of brain-wave activity on an electroencephalogram: sometimes used as a legal definition of death. 1
noun brain death stopping of brain function 1
noun brain death (medicine) An irreversible loss of brain function and cessation of brain activity. 0

before 1965

One of the 2% newest English words

First recorded in 1965-70

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