brain death in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for brain death in the English»Italian Dictionary

Translations for brain death in the Italian»English Dictionary

Translations for brain death in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.brain [Brit breɪn, Am breɪn] N

III.brain [Brit breɪn, Am breɪn] VB trans inf (knock out)

death [Brit dɛθ, Am dɛθ] N

brain death in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for brain death in the Italian»English Dictionary

Translations for brain death in the English»Italian Dictionary

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Brain death occurs within minutes and the heartbeat stops shortly after.
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So he was kept on life support awaiting the official declaration of brain death and subsequent organ harvesting.
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Thus, brain death is a criterion of death that may serve as a symbol of when it is time to die.
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It involves the insertion of a spike quickly and directly into the hind brain, thereby causing immediate brain death.
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The electroencephalogram of a person with phenobarbital overdose may show a marked decrease in electrical activity, to the point of mimicking brain death.
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Brain death is used as an indicator of legal death in many jurisdictions, but it is defined inconsistently.
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The hospital further stated that reflexive movements are not uncommon in cases of brain death.
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If hypoxia lasts for long periods of time, coma, seizures, and even brain death may occur.
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It is also used to diagnose sleep disorders, coma, encephalopathies, and brain death.
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For instance, a 2008 article expressed the wish that the debate on brain death be reopened because of new developments in the medical world.
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