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anencephaly
(redirected from Absence of brain)

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anencephaly [‚an‚en′sef·ə·lē]
(medicine)
A neural tube defect resulting in gross underdevelopment of the brain in fetal life.


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In fact, in the absence of brain function, a human body can be kept alive for a surprising length of time as long as the heart can be made to beat.
Since November 4, the hospital has declared the boy as deceased citing the absence of brain activity and has sought to shut off ventilation equipment that maintains his breathing and halt medication that helps his heart function.
In fact, this activity is so fundamental to life that most nations now define death not by the absence of heartbeat or respiration, but by the absence of brain electrical activity.
 
 
 
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