flat line
No pulse detected
A flat line is a horizontal line on a monitor or graph showing no variation—especially the continuous tone on a heart monitor indicating death.
To flatline is to die or, figuratively, to stall completely: The project flatlined after funding was cut.
Also spelled as one word: flatline.
- asystoleZero cardiac electrical activity
- deathCessation of life
- brain deadIrreversibly unconscious
- time of deathWhen someone officially dies
- endFinal portion or cessation
halt · cessation · monotony · stagnation · zero growth · stop · plateau · code blue · crash cart · steady state · cardiac arrest · uniformity · hospital · defibrillation · ECG · alarm · screen · ventricular fibrillation
- stagnationstagnation, standstill, stasis, deadlock, stalemate
- horizontal lineshorizon, equator, baseline, bar, stripe
- graph shapescurve, bar, pie, scatter, bell curve
- suffering metaphorsdrowning, bottomless pit, chains, cage, trapped
vital signs/life status
flat lineheartbeat
Rhythmic cardiac contraction
pulse · sinus rhythm · normal rhythm · vital signs · signs of life
graphical trend/pattern
flat linespike
Sharp rise or point
peak · surge · oscillation · fluctuation · wave