brain death
brain death noun: an irreversible loss of brain function and cessation of brain activity.
Noun
brain death (uncountable)
brain death meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Arabic
brain death in Hindi
- irreversible cessation of brain activity
- मस्तिष्क मृत्यु mastiṣk mŕtyu
brain death in Tamil
- மூளைச்சாவு
brain death in Malayalam
- irreversible cessation of brain activity
- മസ്തിഷ്കമരണം mastiṣkamaraṇaṁ
brain death in Arabic
- irreversible cessation of brain activity
- موت دماغي
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- brain death in Malay
- mati otak
- brain death in Indonesian
- kematian otak
- brain death in Persian
- مرگ مغزی
- brain death in Vietnamese
- chết não
Origin of brain 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.
Questions about brain death
- What does brain death mean?
- Brain death means an irreversible loss of brain function and cessation of brain activity.
- What is brain death in Hindi?
- Brain death in Hindi is मस्तिष्क मृत्यु (mastiṣk mŕtyu). See Brain death meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is brain death?
- Brain death is a noun.
Words near brain death in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: brain death (page history and authors); brain death (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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