1. death when respiration and other reflexes are absent; consciousness is gone; organs can be removed for transplantation before the heartbeat stops; [syn: brain death, cerebral death]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cerebral death
n 1: death when respiration and other reflexes are absent;
consciousness is gone; organs can be removed for
transplantation before the heartbeat stops [syn: brain
death, cerebral death]