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An irreversible loss of brain function and cessation of brain activity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
death when respiration and other reflexes are absent; consciousness is gone; organs can be removed for transplantation before the heartbeat stops
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cerebral death
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: death
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
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
breindood
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Arabic:
موت دماغي
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Armenian:
գլխուղեղի մահ
(glxuġeġi mah)
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Belarusian:
смерць мозга
(smjercʹ mózha)
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Catalan:
mort cerebral
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Chinese Mandarin:
腦死亡 /脑死亡
(nǎosǐwáng)
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Danish:
hjernedød
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Dutch:
hersendood
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Esperanto:
cerba morto
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Finnish:
aivokuolema
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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French:
mort cérébrale
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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German:
Hirntod
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Greek:
εγκεφαλικός θάνατος
(egkefalikós thánatos)
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Hebrew:
מוות מוחי
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Hindi:
मस्तिष्क मृत्यु
(mastiṣk mŕtyu)
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Hungarian:
agyhalál
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Icelandic:
heiladauði
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Indonesian:
kematian otak
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Irish:
bás inchinne
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Italian:
morte cerebrale
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Japanese:
脳死
(nōshi)
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Korean:
뇌사
(noesa)
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Latvian:
smadzeņu nāve
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Lithuanian:
smegenų mirtis
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Malay:
mati otak
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Malayalam:
മസ്തിഷ്കമരണം
(mastiṣkamaraṇaṁ)
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Norwegian:
hjernedød
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Persian:
مرگ مغزی
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Polish:
śmierć mózgu
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Portuguese:
morte cerebral
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Portuguese:
morte encefálica
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Spanish:
muerte cerebral
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Spanish:
muerte encefálica
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Swedish:
hjärndöd
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Turkish:
beyin ölümü
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Ukrainian:
смерть мозку
(smertʹ mozku)
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
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Vietnamese:
chết não
— irreversible cessation of brain activity
