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clinically dead

clinically dead adjective: in 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.

Adjective

clinically dead (not comparable)

  1. In 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.
    • Twelve dogs have been brought back to life with no signs of permanent damage after being clinically dead for two hours.1974, “Natural Sciences: Supercooling dogs,”, in Science News, volume 106, number 23, page 360

Questions about clinically dead

What does clinically dead mean?
Clinically dead means in 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 part of speech is clinically dead?
Clinically dead is an adjective.

Words near clinically dead in the dictionary

  1. clinicalize
  2. clinicalized
  3. clinicalizes
  4. clinicalizing
  5. clinically
  6. clinically dead
  7. clinically depressed
  8. clinicals
  9. clinician
  10. clinicians
  11. clinicidal

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