flatlines
Shows no pulse
Flatlines refers to the flat horizontal line on a heart monitor when electrical activity stops—meaning clinical death.
By extension, anything that flatlines fails completely or goes to zero: The project flatlined after funding was cut, Ratings flatlined in the second season.
In medical contexts, to flatline is to experience cardiac arrest, though it's often used loosely for any critical decline.
Heart-shocking medical device
- CPREmergency revival technique
- monitorDisplay or supervisor
- asystoleZero cardiac electrical activity
- code blueHospital cardiac arrest signal
paramedic · ICU · ventilator · vital signs · heart monitor · pulse · EKG · ECG
Cessation of existence
- mortalityState of eventual death
- expirationEnd of validity
- passingMoving by or temporary
- deceasedNo longer living
terminal · fatal · end of life · pronounce · time of death · DOA · brain death · clinical death
defibrillator
Heart-shocking medical device
code blue · paramedic · ICU · ventilator · vital signs · heart monitor · pulse · EKG · ECG · shock
demise
Cessation of existence
- mortalityState of eventual death
- expirationEnd of validity
- passingMoving by or temporary
deceased · terminal · fatal · end of life · pronounce · time of death · DOA · brain death · clinical death · last breath
plateau
Flat highland area
- stagnantWithout movement or progress
- stalemateMutual obstruction preventing progress
- standstillTotal cessation of movement
static · doldrums · stasis · inert · stuck · dormant · idle · unmoving · leveled off · dead end
graph
Visual data display
- chartData shown visually
- metricsStandards for assessment
- readingsDisplayed measurements or interpretations
baseline · signal · waveform · output · response · indicator · measurement · trend · statistics · analytics
flatlinesspikes
Sharp metal protrusions
fluctuates · oscillates · surges · skyrockets · soars