Usually means: Irreversible cessation of all brain activity.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word brain death:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. brain death: Merriam-Webster
  2. brain death: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. brain death: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. brain death: Collins English Dictionary
  5. brain death: Vocabulary.com
  6. brain death: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. brain death: Wiktionary
  8. brain death: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. brain death: Dictionary.com
  10. Brain Death (EP), Brain death: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. brain death: Rhymezone
  12. brain death: FreeDictionary.org
  13. brain death: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. brain death: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. brain death: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. brain death: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. brain death: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. brain death: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Brain death: Merck Manuals
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  7. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  8. brain death: Medical dictionary

(Note: See brain-dead as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (brain death)

noun:  (medicine) An irreversible loss of brain function and cessation of brain activity.

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