flat electroencephalogram

flat electroencephalogram definition - medical

flat electroencephalogram

noun
An electroencephalogram indicating the absence of electric potentials of cerebral origin, indicative under certain specified conditions of cerebral death. Also called isoelectric electroencephalogram.

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