BRAIN DEATH

Meaning of BRAIN DEATH in English

noun

[ U ] very serious damage to the brain that cannot be cured. A person who is suffering from brain death needs machines to keep them alive, even though their heart is still beating.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

BRAIN DEATH — noun Date: 1964 final cessation of activity in the central nervous system especially as indicated by a flat electroencephalogram for …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BRAIN DEATH — State of irreversible destruction of the brain. Before the invention of life-support systems, brain death always led quickly to death …
Английский словарь Британика
BRAIN DEATH — noun : final cessation of activity in the central nervous system especially as indicated by a flat electroencephalogram for a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BRAIN DEATH — — brain-dead /brayn"ded'/ , adj. — brain dead . complete cessation of brain function as evidenced by absence of brain-wave …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BRAIN DEATH — clinical death, situation in which one's brain is not functioning and a person cannot live without life support
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BRAIN DEATH — Date: 1964 : final cessation of activity in the central nervous system especially as indicated by a flat electroencephalogram for …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BRAIN DEATH — Function: noun Date: 1964 : final cessation of activity in the central nervous system especially as indicated by a flat …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BRAIN DEATH — ■ noun irreversible brain damage causing the end of independent respiration.
Concise Oxford English vocab
BRAIN DEATH — [brain death] n (1964): final cessation of activity in the central nervous system esp. as indicated by a flat electroencephalogram …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BRAIN DEATH — Brain death occurs when someone’s brain stops functioning, even though their heart may be kept beating using a machine. N-UNCOUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BRAIN DEATH — Brain death occurs when someone’s brain stops functioning, even though their heart may be kept beating using a machine. N-UNCOUNT
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
BRAIN DEATH — State of irreversible destruction of the brain. Before the invention of life-support systems, brain death always led quickly to death …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BRAIN DEATH — прекращение деятельности коры головного мозга
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BRAIN DEATH — Смерть мозга
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BRAIN DEATH — прекращение деятельности коры головного мозга
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BRAIN DEATH — прекращение деятельности коры головного мозга
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
BRAIN DEATH — прекращение деятельности коры головного мозга
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BRAIN DEATH — мозговая смерть
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
BRAIN DEATH — прекращение деятельности коры головного мозга
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
DEATH — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Bataan Death March Black Death brain death death penalty dance of death Death Valley …
Английский словарь Британика
BRAIN
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DEATH — ˈdeth noun ( plural deaths -ths sometimes -thz) Etymology: Middle English deeth, deth, from Old English dēath; akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DEATH — /deth/ , n. 1. the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BRAIN — — brainlike , adj. /brayn/ , n. 1. Anat. , Zool. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BRAIN — I. ˈbrān noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English brægen; akin to Middle Low German bregen brain, and perhaps to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DEATH — noun Etymology: Middle English deeth, from Old English dēath; akin to Old Norse dauthi death, deyja to die — more …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DEATH — vi danger of death. 2. death ·vi cause of loss of life. 3. death ·vi loss of spiritual life. 4. …
Webster English vocab
BRAIN — noun the affections; fancy; imagination. 2. brain ·noun the organ or seat of intellect; hence, the understanding. 3. brain ·noun …
Webster English vocab
DEATH — [death] n [ME deeth, fr. OE death; akin to ON dauthi death, deyja to die--more at die] (bef. 12c) 1: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BRAIN — [brain] n [ME, fr. OE braegen; akin to MLG bregen brain, and perh. to Gk brechmos front part of the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DEATH
Britannica English vocabulary
BRAIN
Britannica English vocabulary
DEATH — death BrE AmE deθ ▷ deaths deθs ▶ ˈ death camp BrE AmE ▶ ˈ death cell BrE AmE ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BRAIN — brain, Brain BrE AmE breɪn ▷ brained breɪnd ▷ braining ˈbreɪn ɪŋ ▷ brains breɪnz ▶ ˈ brain ˌ damage …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DEATH — / deθ; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] the fact of sb dying or being killed : a sudden …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BRAIN — / breɪn; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun IN HEAD 1. [ C ] the organ inside the head …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEATH — death S1 W1 /deθ/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ dead , ↑ death , deadliness; adjective …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BRAIN — I. brain 1 S2 W2 /breɪn/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: brægen ] 1 . ORGAN …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DEATH — n. 1 the final cessation of vital functions in an organism; the ending of life. 2 the event that terminates …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BRAIN — n. & v. --n. 1 an organ of soft nervous tissue contained in the skull of vertebrates, functioning as the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DEATH — n. 1 the final cessation of vital functions in an organism; the ending of life. 2 the event that terminates …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BRAIN — n. & v. n. 1 an organ of soft nervous tissue contained in the skull of vertebrates, functioning as the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DEATH — n.1 the final cessation of vital functions in an organism; the ending of life. 2 the event that terminates life. …
Oxford English vocab
BRAIN — n. & v. --n. 1. an organ of soft nervous tissue contained in the skull of vertebrates, functioning as the …
Oxford English vocab
DEATH — ( deaths) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Death is the permanent …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BRAIN — ( brains) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Your brain is the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEATH
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BRAIN — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a blood/brain/liver etc disorder ▪ She suffers from a rare brain disorder. a blood/nerve/brain/muscle …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DEATH — [noun] - the end of life She lived here for four years before her death. [C]Their sudden deaths in a …
Cambridge English vocab
DEATH — n. programmed cell death Bataan Death March Black Death brain death death penalty dance of death Death Valley near death …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DEATH — Synonyms and related words : Azrael, Black Death, Death, Grim Reaper, Pale Death, Reaper, Z, angel of death, annihilation, apodosis, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BRAIN
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DEATH — See ↑ DIE 6 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be a matter of life and death/be a matter of life or death …
Longman Activator English vocab
BRAIN — Browsing/Retrieval Advanced Interface (developed by Fst ) (Italian) BRAIN e' un nuovo sistema di ricerca che facilita il reperimento di …
Acronyms - Misc English vocab
DEATH — сущ. 1) а) смерть at one's death ≈ с чьей-л. смертью At her death the estate was broken up. ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BRAIN — 1. сущ. 1) мозг The power of thinking depends upon the brain. ≈ Мыслительная сила зависит от головного мозга. disease …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DEATH — death.ogg deθ n 1. 1> смерть natural violent death - естественная насильственная смерть accidental death - случайная смерть lingering death …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BRAIN — brain.ogg 1. breın n 1. 1> головной мозг disease of the brain - болезнь мозга to blow out one's brains …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DEATH — death сущ.1) а) смерть at one's death — с чьей-л. смертью At her death the estate was broken up. — …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
DEATH — n 1. 1> смерть natural violent death - естественная насильственная смерть accidental death - случайная смерть lingering death - медленная …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BRAIN — 1. breın n 1. 1> головной мозг disease of the brain - болезнь мозга to blow out one's brains - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DEATH — сущ. 1) а) смерть at one's death — с чьей-л. смертью At her death the estate was broken up. — …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BRAIN — 1. сущ. 1) мозг The power of thinking depends upon the brain. — Мыслительная сила зависит от головного мозга. disease …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DEATH — сущ. 1) а) смерть at one's death — с чьей-л. смертью At her death the estate was broken up. — После ее смерти поместье …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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