cerebral_death (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *cerebral death*:
NOUN	phenomenon	cerebral death, brain death	death when respiration and other reflexes are absent

English > *cerebral death*: 1 sense > noun 1, phenomenon
Meaning	death when respiration and other reflexes are absent; consciousness is gone; organs can be removed for transplantation before the heartbeat stops.
Synonym	brain death
Broader	death	The permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism
Spanish	muerte cerebral
Catalan	mort cerebral

HyperDic: cerebral_death