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Having an irreversible loss of brain function and cessation of brain activity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Having no useful thoughts; stupid; ditzy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, derogatory
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An unintelligent person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, informal
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From brain + dead. 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.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
breindood
— in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Danish:
hjernedød
— in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Dutch:
hersendood
— in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Finnish:
aivokuollut
— in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity
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French:
en état de mort cérébrale
— in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity
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German:
hirntot
— in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Hungarian:
agyhalott
— in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Norwegian Bokmål:
hjernedød
— in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
hjernedød
— in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
hjernedaud
— in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Polish:
w stanie śmierci mózgu
— in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Portuguese:
com morte cerebral
— in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Portuguese:
cerebralmente morto
— in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Spanish:
muerto cerebral
— in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Swedish:
hjärndöd
— in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Chinese Mandarin:
脑残
(nǎocán)
— colloquially: having no useful thoughts
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Danish:
hjernedød
— colloquially: having no useful thoughts
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Danish:
åndssvag
— colloquially: having no useful thoughts
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Finnish:
aivoton
— colloquially: having no useful thoughts
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Finnish:
järjetön
— colloquially: having no useful thoughts
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Finnish:
älyvapaa
— colloquially: having no useful thoughts
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Italian:
cerebroleso
— colloquially: having no useful thoughts
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Italian:
testa vuota
— colloquially: having no useful thoughts
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Norwegian Bokmål:
hjernedød
— colloquially: having no useful thoughts
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
hjernedød
— colloquially: having no useful thoughts
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
hjernedaud
— colloquially: having no useful thoughts
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Portuguese:
descerebrado
— colloquially: having no useful thoughts
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Spanish:
muerto cerebral
— colloquially: having no useful thoughts
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Spanish:
descerebrado
— colloquially: having no useful thoughts
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Swedish:
hjärndöd
— colloquially: having no useful thoughts
