CESSATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cessation mean? 

• CESSATION (noun)
  The noun CESSATION has 1 sense:

1. a stopping

  Familiarity information: CESSATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CESSATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A stopping

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

cessation; surcease

Context example:

a cessation of the thunder

Hypernyms ("cessation" is a kind of...):

halt; stop (the event of something ending)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cessation"):

legal separation; separation ((law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order))

Derivation:

cease (put an end to a state or an activity)

 Context examples 

The cessation of life due to heart abnormalities or disease.

(Cardiac Death, NCI Thesaurus)

Cessation of breathing and/or cardiac function.

(Cardiopulmonary Arrest, NCI Thesaurus)

The cellular process resulting in permanent cessation of all vital functions of a cell.

(Cell Death Process, NCI Thesaurus)

A cessation of life that cannot be attributed to a CTCAE term associated with Grade 5.

(Death, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

Sudden cessation of the pumping function of the heart, with disappearance of arterial blood pressure, connoting either ventricular fibrillation or ventricular standstill.

(Cardiac Arrest, Food and Drug Administration)

A disorder characterized by cessation of the pumping function of the heart.

(Cardiac Arrest, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

A condition due to lack of oxygen in respired air, resulting in impending or actual cessation of life.

(Asphyxia, Food and Drug Administration)

The amount of time it take for a cessation of bleeding.

(Bleeding Time, NCI Thesaurus)

The sudden cessation of cardiac activity in an individual who becomes unresponsive, without normal breathing and no signs of circulation.

(Cardiac Arrest, NCI Thesaurus)

The length of time that should elapse after the observed result occurs and before the cessation of repeating the activity.

(Defined Repeat Activity Until Rule Cessation Pause Quantity, NCI Thesaurus)