clinical death
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.46 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The body dies in stages, beginning at clinical death, then brain death, biological death, and finally, cellular death."