Diseases

Death

Irreversible cessation of all bodily functions, manifested by absence of spontaneous breathing and total loss of cardiovascular and cerebral functions.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Irreversible cessation of all bodily functions, manifested by absence of spontaneous breathing and total loss of cardiovascular and cerebral functions.

MeSH Record

Classification

Broader headings

Narrower headings

Related Concepts

Knowledge Graph

Loading graph…

Drag nodes to rearrange; hover to trace links; click a node to open its page.

MeSH Record

See Also

MeSH Record

Synonyms

6 entry terms
  • End Of Life
  • End-Of-Life
  • Cardiac Death
  • Determination of Death
  • Near-Death Experience
  • Death, Cardiac

MeSH Record

Indexing Annotation

IM; /mortal is available with Cat C, F, E; do not confuse with MORTALITY, a statist concept: DEATH is the biol or physiol, psychol concept; for theory, doctrine & philosophy of death THANATOLOGY is available; for death as a result of a dis or ther or diag procedure, FATAL OUTCOME is available: see note there

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. C23.550.260w

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Death. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003643. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003643
  2. Death. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death
  3. Death. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4