Usually means: Irreversible cessation of brain function.
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(Note: See cerebral_deaths as well.)

Definitions from WordNet (cerebral death)

noun:  death when respiration and other reflexes are absent; consciousness is gone; organs can be removed for transplantation before the heartbeat stops


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