National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Brain Death

Synonyms

Brain death

Brain Death

Definitions

Irreversible absence of cortical and brain stem functioning.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C116340

ALT_DEFINITION

The cessation of life due to permanent loss of brain function and brainstem for absence of responsiveness to external stimuli, absence of reflex and apnea.

Irreversible absence of cortical and brain stem functioning.

code

C116340

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C62596

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C90259

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C193197

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C171094

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C189762

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C193006

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C118464

Contributing_Source

FDA

MedDRA

NICHD

mCode

DEFINITION

Irreversible absence of cortical and brain stem functioning.

FULL_SYN

Brain death

Brain Death

label

Brain Death

Maps_To

Brain death

Preferred_Name

Brain Death

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C116340

Semantic_Type

Finding

UMLS_CUI

C0006110

xRef

IMDRF:F03

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C28554

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