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BRAIN DEAD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does brain dead mean?
• BRAIN DEAD (adjective)
The adjective BRAIN DEAD has 1 sense:
1. having irreversible loss of brain function as indicated by a persistent flat electroencephalogram
Familiarity information: BRAIN DEAD used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having irreversible loss of brain function as indicated by a persistent flat electroencephalogram
Context example:
was declared brain dead
Similar:
dead (no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life)
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