pulseless
Lacking vital rhythm
Pulseless means lacking a pulse—the rhythmic beating detectable in arteries.
In medical contexts, a pulseless patient requires immediate intervention: The paramedics found him pulseless and began CPR.
Figuratively, pulseless describes anything lacking vitality or energy: a pulseless performance, pulseless prose.
Body for dissection
- deceasedNo longer living
- expiredNo longer in effect
- lifelessDevoid of animation
- corpseDeceased human body
flatline · asystole · cardiac arrest · mortality · rigor mortis · necrosis · demise · perished
Zero cardiac electrical activity
- flatlineShow no heartbeat
- cardiac arrestAbrupt cessation of circulation
- arrhythmiaAbnormal cardiac rhythm
- apneaTemporary cessation of respiration
anoxia · shock · hypotension · ischemia · nonviable · unresponsive · resuscitation · defibrillation
cadaver
Body for dissection
corpse · flatline · asystole · cardiac arrest · mortality · rigor mortis · necrosis · demise · perished · obituary
asystole
Zero cardiac electrical activity
- flatlineShow no heartbeat
- cardiac arrestAbrupt cessation of circulation
- arrhythmiaAbnormal cardiac rhythm
apnea · anoxia · shock · hypotension · ischemia · nonviable · unresponsive · resuscitation · defibrillation · CPR
motionless
Lacking all movement
quiet · calm · immobile · frozen · stationary · suspended · halted · stopped · stagnant · dormant
pulse, impulse, impulsive, repulsive, repulse, compulsion, pulsate, compulsive, pulses