brain dead
No neural activity
Brain dead describes a person whose brain has permanently ceased functioning, even if machines maintain heartbeat and breathing—the medical and legal threshold for death in most jurisdictions.
Informally, brain dead means utterly stupid or unthinking: I'm so brain dead after that exam.
Also spelled brain-dead.
Unwakeable unconsciousness
- life supportSystems maintaining vital functions
- ventilatorMechanical breathing apparatus
- persistent vegetative stateProlonged unconsciousness with wakefulness
- irreversibleCannot be undone
brainstem · clinical death · EEG · flatline · intensive care · unresponsive · neurological · cerebral
Gifting body parts for transplant
- transplantMove tissue between bodies
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- dignityInnate personal worth
- bioethicsMoral philosophy for medicine
autonomy · decision-making · donor registry · end-of-life · patient rights · informed consent · harvesting · procurement
Intense sorrow from loss
- mourningPeriod following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- heartbreakCrushing emotional pain
- shockViolent sudden disturbance
devastation · anguish · despair · loss · trauma · finality · hopeless · goodbye
coma
Unwakeable unconsciousness
- life supportSystems maintaining vital functions
- ventilatorMechanical breathing apparatus
- persistent vegetative stateProlonged unconsciousness with wakefulness
irreversible · brainstem · clinical death · EEG · flatline · intensive care · unresponsive · neurological · cerebral · pupil response
organ donation
Gifting body parts for transplant
- transplantMove tissue between bodies
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- dignityInnate personal worth
bioethics · autonomy · decision-making · donor registry · end-of-life · patient rights · informed consent · harvesting · procurement · quality of life
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
- mourningPeriod following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- heartbreakCrushing emotional pain
shock · devastation · anguish · despair · loss · trauma · finality · hopeless · goodbye · vigil
stupid
Lacking intelligence or judgment
- idioticExtremely lacking intelligence
- mindlessLacking thought or awareness
- zoned outMentally checked out
spaced out · clueless · oblivious · vacant · zombie · autopilot · checked out · dim · dull · exhausted
- Mind Idiomssharp mind, open mind, quick wit, steel trap, sound mind
- mental statesknowledge, conscious, mood, anxious, memory
- states of beingalive, living, existing, conscious, unconscious
- incapacitatedunconscious, knocked out, out cold, passed out, comatose
- life statusalive, deceased, living, dying, expired
- conditionsmedical condition, weather conditions, environmental conditions, living conditions, working conditions
brain deadconscious
Mentally present and alert
alert · responsive · awake · sentient · aware
brain deadsharp
Fine-edged, or astute
brilliant · quick-witted · intelligent · sharp as a tack · clever
brain deadwide awake
Totally alert and attentive
alert · lively · animated · vibrant · full of life