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clinically dead

British

adjective

having no respiration, no heartbeat, and with no contraction of the pupils when exposed to a strong light

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Patrick was clinically dead for 40 minutes.

From BBC

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.

From Science Magazine

Ms Shaw said the family were "shell-shocked" when they were told the mother-of-three was "clinically dead" after medical tests.

From BBC

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.

From Seattle Times

He was transferred to Leicester Royal Infirmary but suffered a cardiac arrest en route and was clinically dead for 18 minutes.

From BBC

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