Meaning of 脳死(のうし) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 脳死

Kana Reading のうし

Romaji nōshi

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'

Meaning

brain death

Examples of 脳死, のうし in a sentence

学生たちは脳死の問題について長々と議論した。

Students discussed the problem of brain death for a long time.
医者は彼は脳死状態だとあなたに告げるのです。

The doctors tell you that he is brain-dead.
しかし、もしその人が脳死状態であれば、二度と考えたり、しゃべったり、聞いたりすることは絶対にありません。

However, if he is brain-dead, he will never think, speak, or hear again.

Related Kanji

脳 JLPT 2

11 strokes

brain, memory

On'Yomi: ノウ, ドウ

Kun'Yomi: のうずる

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死 JLPT 4

6 strokes

death, die

On'Yomi: シ

Kun'Yomi: し.ぬ, し.に-

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