brain death brain dead • brain disease · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · brain death · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 11 · · Length 2 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) death when respiration and other reflexes are absent; consciousness is gone; organs can be removed for transplantation before the heartbeat stops. Synonyms: brain death, cerebral death. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · cerebral death · · Synonym 1 Characters · · space U+0020 a latin small letter a U+0061 b latin small letter b U+0062 d latin small letter d U+0064 e latin small letter e U+0065 h latin small letter h U+0068 i latin small letter i U+0069 n latin small letter n U+006E r latin small letter r U+0072 t latin small letter t U+0074