brain death

English

Noun

brain death (uncountable)

(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)

Icelandic: heiladauði m
Japanese: 脳死 (ja) (のうし, nōshi)
Lithuanian: smegenų mirtis f
Portuguese: morte cerebral f

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