| NOUN | phenomenon | brain death, cerebral death | death when respiration and other reflexes are absent |
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| Meaning | death when respiration and other reflexes are absent; consciousness is gone; organs can be removed for transplantation before the heartbeat stops. | |
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| Synonym | cerebral death | |
| Broader | death | The permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism |
| Spanish | muerte cerebral | |
| Catalan | mort cerebral | |
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