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clinical death en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A state in which usual medically observable vital signs—such as respiration, heartbeat, and corneal reflex—are not present, but from which patients are sometimes revived.
   • The body dies in stages, beginning at clinical death, then brain death, biological death, and finally, cellular death. 1988, Andrea K. Scott, “Death Unto Life: Anencephalic Infants as Organ Donors,”, in Virginia Law Review, volume 74, number 8, page 1533:

Forms

Relateds

brain death · information-theoretic death · clinically dead

Translations (27)

de klinischer Tod (state in which usual vital signs are not present) · sl klinična smrt (state in which usual vital signs are not present) · sh klìničkā smȑt (state in which usual vital signs are not present) · sq vdekja klinike (state in which usual vital signs are not present) · cs klinická smrt (state in which usual vital signs are not present) · hy կլինիկական մահ (state in which usual vital signs are not present) · fi kliininen kuolema (state in which usual vital signs are not present) · pl śmierć kliniczna (state in which usual vital signs are not present) · mn эмнэлзүйн үхэл (state in which usual vital signs are not present) · et kliiniline surm (state in which usual vital signs are not present) · az klinik ölüm (state in which usual vital signs are not present) · fa مرگ بالینی (state in which usual vital signs are not present) · vi chết lâm sàng (state in which usual vital signs are not present) · be клінічная смерць (state in which usual vital signs are not present) · nl klinisch dood (state in which usual vital signs are not present) · ro moarte clinică (state in which usual vital signs are not present) · ar موت سريري (state in which usual vital signs are not present) · ru клини́ческая смерть (state in which usual vital signs are not present) · lv klīniskā nāve (state in which usual vital signs are not present) · lt klinikinė mirtis (state in which usual vital signs are not present) · fr mort clinique (state in which usual vital signs are not present) · hu klinikai halál (state in which usual vital signs are not present) · uk кліні́чна смерть (state in which usual vital signs are not present) · es muerte clínica (state in which usual vital signs are not present) · bg клинична смърт (state in which usual vital signs are not present) · he מוות קליני (state in which usual vital signs are not present) · eo klinika morto (state in which usual vital signs are not present)