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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
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In one week, Mubarak has had heart attacks, a brain clot, and was pronounced clinically dead—are his doctors really that good?
From The Daily Beast
Men with bullets in the heart or brain fight on, though already clinically dead.
From Project Gutenberg
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