ALL meanings of brain death
brain death
B b - 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