brain death
brain death 脑死亡 与大脑有关的一种死亡标准，它有以下特征：１对外界的刺激和内部的需求没有感觉和反应；２没有任何自主行动或呼吸；３没有反射活动；４24小时观察后脑电图呈一条水平线。在美国，《统一死亡确认法》〔Uniform Determination of Death Act〕采纳这一死亡标准，该脑死亡定义亦已为许多州的制定法或判例所接受。(→death)
brain death
brain death
The bodily condition of showing no response to external stimuli, no spontaneous movements, no breathing, no reflexes, and a flat reading (usu. for a full day) on a machine that measures the brain’s electrical activity. — Also termed legal death.