(medicine, law) 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.

plural of death grip

(climbing) Land at sufficiently high altitudes that there is not enough oxygen to sustain human life.

plural of death by cop

(theology) In moral theology, the concept that human life can be a means to some other end and not solely an end itself.

plural of death cap

plural of cot death

plural of crib death

Alternative spelling of death rattle

The raspy or gurgling sound sometimes made by a person while drawing in or expelling their final breaths before dying.