brain death

== English == === Etymology === Coined by the Harvard physician Henry K. Beecher in the historical context of the Sixties counterculture and life extension technology of the late twentieth century. === Pronunciation === === Noun === brain death (uncountable) (medicine) An irreversible loss of brain function and cessation of brain activity. ==== Related terms ==== brain-dead ==== Translations ==== === See also === clinical death persistent vegetative state coma / comatose === References ===