heiladauði

Icelandic

Etymology

From heili (“brain”) +‎ dauði (“death”).

Noun

heiladauði m (genitive singular heiladauða, no plural)

1. (medicine) brain death

Declension

Declension of heiladauði (sg-only masculine, based on dauði)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	heiladauði	heiladauðinn
accusative	heiladauða	heiladauðann
dative	heiladauða	heiladauðanum
genitive	heiladauða	heiladauðans

Further reading

• “heiladauði” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)