brain death en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Coined by the Harvard physician Henry K. Beecher in the historical context of the Sixties counterculture and life extension technology of the late twentieth century.
Meanings
- (uncountable) An irreversible loss of brain function and cessation of brain activity.
Relateds
persistent vegetative state · clinical death · coma · brain-dead · comatose
Translations (37)
sv hjärndöd (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · ms mati otak (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · ga bás inchinne (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · ml മസ്തിഷ്കമരണം (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · it morte cerebrale (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · no hjernedød (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · hu agyhalál (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · de Hirntod (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · is heiladauði (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · lt smegenų mirtis (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · ar موت دماغي (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · cmn 腦死亡 /脑死亡 (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · tr beyin ölümü (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · fr mort cérébrale (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · id kematian otak (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · af breindood (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · ja 脳死 (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · nl hersendood (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · pt morte cerebral (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · es muerte cerebral (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · be смерць мозга (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · es muerte encefálica (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · el εγκεφαλικός θάνατος (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · vi chết não (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · uk смерть мозку (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · da hjernedød (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · ca mort cerebral (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · fa مرگ مغزی (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · lv smadzeņu nāve (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · hi मस्तिष्क मृत्यु (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · eo cerba morto (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · fi aivokuolema (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · ko 뇌사 (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · he מוות מוחי (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · pt morte encefálica (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · hy գլխուղեղի մահ (irreversible cessation of brain activity) · pl śmierć mózgu (irreversible cessation of brain activity)