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clinical death

clinical death noun: a state in which usual medically observable vital signs—such as respiration, heartbeat, and corneal reflex—are not present, but from which patients are sometimes revived.

Noun

clinical death (countable and uncountable, plural clinical deaths)

  1. A state in which usual medically observable vital signs—such as respiration, heartbeat, and corneal reflex—are not present, but from which patients are sometimes revived.
    • The body dies in stages, beginning at clinical death, then brain death, biological death, and finally, cellular death.1988, Andrea K. Scott, “Death Unto Life: Anencephalic Infants as Organ Donors,”, in Virginia Law Review, volume 74, number 8, page 1533

clinical death meaning in Tamil, Arabic, Persian and Vietnamese

clinical death in Tamil

உயிரிறப்பு

clinical death in Arabic

state in which usual vital signs are not present
موت سريري

clinical death in Persian

state in which usual vital signs are not present
مرگ بالینی

clinical death in Vietnamese

state in which usual vital signs are not present
chết lâm sàng

Forms of clinical death

pluralclinical deaths

Questions about clinical death

What does clinical death mean?
Clinical death means a state in which usual medically observable vital signs—such as respiration, heartbeat, and corneal reflex—are not present, but from which patients are sometimes revived.
What is clinical death in Tamil?
Clinical death in Tamil is உயிரிறப்பு. See Clinical death meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is clinical death?
Clinical death is a noun.
What is the plural of clinical death?
The plural of clinical death is clinical deaths.

Words near clinical death in the dictionary

  1. clinia
  2. clinic
  3. clinical
  4. clinical biochemistry
  5. clinical chemistry
  6. clinical death
  7. clinical deaths
  8. clinical depression
  9. clinical depressions
  10. clinical diagnoses
  11. clinical diagnosis

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