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Definition
: Irreversible cessation of all bodily functions, manifested by absence of spontaneous breathing and total loss of cardiovascular and cerebral functions.
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 dia consider also terms at THANATO-
See Also
Bereavement
;
Attitude to Death
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Brain Death
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Cause of Death
;
Fatal Outcome
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Homicide
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Infanticide
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Mortuary Practice
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Suicide
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Terminal Care
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Thanatology
Examples
Asphyxia
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Brain Death
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Cadaver
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Death, Sudden
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Drowning
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Embryo Loss
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Fetal Death
Other names
Near-
Death Experience; Death, Cardiac; Determination of Death; Cardiac Death