brain-dead

See also: braindead and brain dead

English

Etymology

From brain +‎ dead.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹeɪnˌdɛd/

Adjective

brain-dead (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Having an irreversible loss of brain function and cessation of brain activity.
2. (colloquial) Having no useful thoughts; stupid; ditzy.

Alternative forms

• brain dead
• braindead

Related terms

• brain death

Translations

in medicine: having cessation of brain activity

• Danish: hjernedød
• Dutch: hersendood (nl)
• Finnish: aivokuollut (fi)
• German: hirntot (de)
• Hungarian: agyhalott
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hjernedød

  Nynorsk: hjernedød, hjernedaud

• Portuguese: com morte cerebral, cerebralmente morto

colloquially: having no useful thoughts

• Danish: hjernedød, åndssvag
• Finnish: aivoton (fi), järjetön (fi), älyvapaa (fi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hjernedød

  Nynorsk: hjernedød, hjernedaud

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• Portuguese: descerebrado

See also

• comatose
• vegetative