brain death

English

Noun

brain death (uncountable)

1. (medicine) An irreversible loss of brain function and cessation of brain activity.

Related terms

• brain-dead

Translations

irreversible cessation of brain activity

• Danish: hjernedød c
• Finnish: aivokuolema (fi)
• French: mort cérébrale (fr) f
• Hungarian: agyhalál (hu)
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• Icelandic: heiladauði m
• Japanese: 脳死 (ja) (のうし, nōshi)
• Lithuanian: smegenų mirtis f
• Malayalam: മസ്തിഷ്‌കമരണം (mastiṣ‌kamaraṇaṁ)
• Portuguese: morte cerebral f
• Spanish: muerte cerebral f
• Swedish: hjärndöd (sv) c

See also

• clinical death
• persistent vegetative state
• coma / comatose