English Explanatory Dictionary

brain death

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An irreversible loss of brain function and cessation of brain activity.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

brain death

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.

Related words

brain-dead clinical death persistent vegetative state coma comatose
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