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clinically dead
adjective
- having no respiration, no heartbeat, and with no contraction of the pupils when exposed to a strong light
Example Sentences
The organ, from a pig modified using other genetic techniques, was placed in a person “clinically dead” from brain damage, and was removed after 10 days, Nature reported.
One of the men suspected of being involved in Armoushi’s killing, Izzedine Abu Dawoud, was critically wounded Monday inside the camp and rushed to hospital where doctors announced him as “clinically dead,” Lebanese security officials said.
Ms Shaw said the family were "shell-shocked" when they were told the mother-of-three was "clinically dead" after medical tests.
About a year later, follow-up coverage reported Medic One had already responded to more than 600 calls, including to 16 patients who were revived after being found “clinically dead,” Cobb said in an interview at the time.
He was transferred to Leicester Royal Infirmary but suffered a cardiac arrest en route and was clinically dead for 18 minutes.
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