clinically dead

English

Adjective

clinically dead (not comparable)

1. (medicine, law) In a state in which usual medically observable vital signs—such as respiration, heartbeat, and corneal reflex—are not present, but from which patients are sometimes revived.
   • 1974, “Natural Sciences: Supercooling dogs,”, in Science News, volume 106, number 23, page 360:

     Twelve dogs have been brought back to life with no signs of permanent damage after being clinically dead for two hours.

Related terms

• clinical death

See also

• brain-dead

References

• “clinically dead”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.