| silence | 1. To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush. "Silence that dreadful bell; it frights the isle." (Shak) 2. To put to rest; to quiet. "This would silence all further opposition." (Clarendon) "These would have silenced their scruples." (Rogers) 3. To restrain from the exercise of any function, privilege of instruction, or the like, especially from the act of preaching; as, to silence a minister of the gospel. "The Rev. Thomas Hooker of Chelmsford, in Essex, was silenced for nonconformity." (B. Trumbull) 4. To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade; as, to silence the batteries of an enemy. Origin: Silenced; Silencing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| electrocerebral silence | Flat or isoelectric encephalogram; an electroencephalogram with absence of cerebral activity over 2 uv from symmetrically placed electrode pairs 10 or more centimeters apart, and with interelectrode resistance between 100 and 10,000 ohms; if such a record is present for 30 minutes in a clinically brain dead adult and if drug intoxication, hypothermia, and recent hypotension have been excluded, the diagnosis of cerebral death is supported. Synonym: electrocerebral inactivity, flat electroencephalogram, isoelectric electroencephalogram. (05 Mar 2000) |
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