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Death

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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; Brain Death; Cause of Death; Fatal Outcome; Homicide; Infanticide; Mortuary Practice; Suicide; Terminal Care; Thanatology
Examples Asphyxia; Brain Death; Cadaver; Death, Sudden; Drowning; Embryo Loss; Fetal Death 		Other names Near-Death Experience; Death, Cardiac; Determination of Death; Cardiac Death

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