Brain-dead
Translation of "brain-dead" into Russian
brain-dead
AdjectiveHyphenated qualitative adjective; also used attributively.
мозговая смерть
мед.; о состоянии человека с отсутствием мозговой деятельности The patient was declared brain-dead after the severe head injury.
После тяжёлой черепно-мозговой травмы у пациента констатировали мозговую смерть.
разг., пренебр.; о человеке, поступке или решении
That was a brain-dead decision.
Это было безмозглое решение.
Definitions
brain-dead
AdjectiveHaving no detectable brain activity; medically dead in terms of brain function.
The patient was declared brain-dead after the severe head injury.
Informal: extremely stupid, thoughtless, or unresponsive.
That was a brain-dead decision.