BRAIN DEATH

Meaning of BRAIN DEATH in English

— brain-dead /brayn"ded'/ , adj. — brain dead .

complete cessation of brain function as evidenced by absence of brain-wave activity on an electroencephalogram: sometimes used as a legal definition of death.

[ 1965-70 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

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 — 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 — noun [ U ] very serious damage to the brain that cannot be cured. A person who is suffering from …
Oxford 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 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

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