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Exam 4 Vocab Flashcards

1
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Group of chemicals used in addition to vascular and cavity embalming fluids
Includes but is not limited to hardening compounds, preservative powders, sealing agents, mold preventative agents, and pack application agents

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Accessory Chemical

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Dyes which aid in restoring a life-like surface pigmentation to a body and also stain the body tissue cells

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Active Dyes
Staining Dyes
Cosmetic Dyes

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Soft whitish crumbly or greasy material that forms upon the postmortem hydrolysis and hydrogenation of body fats

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Adipocere AKA Grave Wax

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Assimilation of gas, vapor, or dissolved matter by the surface of a solid or liquid

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Adsorption

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Intravascular; The increase of viscosity of blood brought about by the clumping of particulate formed elements in the blood vessels which is a specific type of congealing

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Agglutination

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A protein found in the blood plasma

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Albumin

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An organic compound containing one or more hydroxyl groups

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Alcohol

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An organic compound containing one or more -CHO groups

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Aldehyde

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9
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Postmortem cooling of the body to the surrounding temperature

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Algor Mortis

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10
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An organic compound containing nitrogen

Any compounds formed from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms by organic radicals

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Amine

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Building blocks of which proteins are constructed, and the end products of protein digestion or hydrolysis

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Amino Acid

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12
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In the absence of free oxygen

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Anaerobic

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13
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Deviation from the normal

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Anomalies

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14
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Glycoprotein substance developed by the body in response to and interacting specifically with an antigent

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Antibody aka Immunoglobulin

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A foreign substance that stimulates the formation of antibodies that react specifically with it

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Antigen

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Self-destruction of cells; decomposition of all tissues by enzymes of their own formation without microbial assistance

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Autolysis

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17
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A chemical which affects the stabilization of the acid-base balance within embalming solutions and in the embalmed tissues

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Buffers

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18
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A compound of hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen; sugars, starches, and glycogen

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Carbohydrate

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A change in the body’s chemical composition that occurs after death such as hemolysis

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Chemical Postmortem Change

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20
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Microorganisms found normally in the colon

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Coliform Organisms

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21
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Bacterial inhabitants of the colon

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Coli-flora

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22
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A solution-like system in which the size of the solute particle is between 1 and 100 nanometers
Particles of solute pass through filters but not membranes

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Colloid

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23
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A disease of the central nervous system with unknown etiology assumed to be a slow virus
Because of unknown etiology, caregivers using invasive procedures use extreme caution

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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

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24
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A protein whose structure has been changed by physical or chemical agents

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Denatured Protein

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25
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Chemicals having the capability of displacing an unpleasant odor or of altering an unpleasant odor so that it is converted to a more pleasant one

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Deodorants
Masking Agents
Perfuming Agents

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26
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The true metabolic enzymes of bacterium, produced within the bacterial cell wall

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Endoenzymes

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27
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An organic catalyst produced by living cells and capable of autolytic decomposition

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Enzyme

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28
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Enzymes which function outside of the bacterial cell wall

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Exoenzymes

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29
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Removal o particles from a solution as it passes through a membrane or other partial barriet

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Filtration

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30
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The act of making tissue rigid

The solidification of a compound

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Fixation

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31
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An agent employed in the preparation of tissues for the purpose of maintaining the existing form of the structure
Many agents are used, the most important one being formalin

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Fixative

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32
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That amount of formaldehyde necessary to overcome any nitrogen residue and cause the body proteins to become coagulated

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Formaldehyde Demand

33
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Colorless, strong smelling gas that when used in solution is a powerful preservative and disinfectant; a potential occupational carcinogen

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Formaldehyde
HCHO
CH2O

34
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Grey discoloration of the body caused by the reaction of formaldehyde from the embalming process with hemoglobin to form methyl hemoglobin

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Formaldehyde Grey

35
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Chemical in powder form that has the ability to absorb and to disinfect

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Hardening Compound

36
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The non protein portion of hemoglobin; the red pigment of the hemoglobin

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Heme

37
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The red respiratory portion of the red blood cells; iron containing pigment of red blood cells functioning to carry oxygen to the cells

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Hemoglobin

38
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Destruction of red blood cells that liberates hemoglobin

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Hemolysis

39
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Reaction in which water is one of the reactants and compounds are often broken down.

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Hydrolysis

40
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A solution having a greater concentration of dissolved solute than the solution to which it is compared

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Hypertonic Solution

41
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A solution having a lesser concentration of dissolved solute than the solution to which it is compared

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Hypotonic Solution

42
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The state or condition in which the body or a part of it is invaded by a pathogenic agent that, under favorable conditions, multiplies and produces injurious effects

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Infection

43
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Disease caused by the growth of a pathogenic microorganisms in the body

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Infectious Disease

44
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Bloodborne pathogens, blood or body fluids exposure, any potentially infective, contaminated waste associated with the preparation of human remains that constitutes a hazard to humans in the workplace

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Infectious Waste

Biohazardous Waste

45
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The process of seepage or diffusion into tissue of substances that are not ordinarily present

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Infiltration

46
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A solution having an equal concentration of dissolved solute to that of a standard of reference

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Isotonic Solution

47
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Conditions characterized by excessive concentrations of bilirubin in the skin and tissues and deposition of excessive bile pigment in the skin, cornea, body fluids, and mucous membranes with the resulting yellow appearance of the patient

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Jaundice AKA Icterus

48
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A special vascular fluid with special bleaching and coloring qualities of use on bodies with jaundice; usually low formaldehyde content

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Jaundice Fluid

49
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A specific antibody acting destructively upon cells and tissues

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Lysin

50
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Organelle that exists within a cell, but separate from the cells; contains hydrolytic enzymes that break down proteins and certain carbohydrates

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Lysosome

51
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In its broadest sense, refers to the moistening and softening of any tissue decomposing in a liquid medium

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Maceration

52
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A minute one celled form of life not distinguishable as to vegetable or animal nature

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Microbe

Microorganism

53
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Chemicals added to the embalming solution to deal with varying demands predicated upon the embalming fluid to be used, type of embalming, the environment, and the embalming fluid to be used

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Modifying Agents

54
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Antemortem, physiological death of the cells of the body followed by their replacement

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Necrobiosis

55
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A postmortem examination of the organs and tissues of a body to determine cause of death or pathological condition

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Autopsy

Necropsy

56
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Pathological death of a tissue still a part of the living organism

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Necrosis

57
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The passage of a solvent from a solution of lesser to one of greater solute concentration when the two solutions are separated by a semipermeable membrane

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Osmosis

Hindered Diffusion

58
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Preservation of the body’s surface of excisions and cavities or of areas that received inadequate arterial preservation

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Osmotic Embalming

Surface Embalming

59
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Method by which solutes and/or solvents cross through a membrane with no energy provided by the cells of the membrane

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Passive Transport System

60
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Chemicals found in embalming arterial formulations having the capability of displacing an unpleasant odor or of altering an unpleasant odor so that it is converted to a more pleasant one

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Perfuming Agents
Masking Agents
Deodorant
HISTORICALLY Reodorants

61
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To force a fluid through, especially by way of the blood vessels; injection during vascular embalming

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Perfusion

62
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A change in the form or state of matter without any change in chemical composition

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Physical Change

63
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Changes which are not primarily responsible for alterations in the chemical composition and properties of the body substances

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Physical Postmortem Changes

64
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Postdeath alteration in the body that comprises a physical and a chemical change

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Physiochemical Postmortem Change

65
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A substance bringing about precipitation

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Precipitant

66
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Positive intravascular pressure causing passage of embalming solution through the capillary causing passage of embalming fluid from an intravascular to an extravascular wall to diffuse with the interstitial fluids

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Pressure Filtration

67
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Small proteinaceous infectious agents which almost certainly do not have a nucleic acid genome and therefore resist inactivation by procedures that modify nucleic acids

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Prion

68
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Any one of a group of nitrogenous organic compounds formed by the action of putrefactive bacteria on proteins
Indole, skatole, cadaverine, and putrescine

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Ptomaine

69
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Supplemental fluid, used with the regular arterial solution whose purpose is to retain body moisture and retard dehydration

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Restorative Fluid AKA Humectant

70
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Bacteria that derive their nutrition from dead organic matter

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Saprophytic Bacteria

71
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Material used to provide a barrier or seal against any type of leakage of fluid or blood

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Sealing Agents

72
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A chemical agent that can fence off or tie up metal ions so they cannot react with other chemicals

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Sequestering Agent

73
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The substance that is dissolved in a solution

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Solute

74
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Liquid containing dissolved substance

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Solution

75
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A liquid holding another substance in solution

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Solvent

76
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In liquids, muddy with particles of extraneous matter, not clear or transparent

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Turbid

77
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An open sore or lesion of skin or mucous membrane accompanied by sloughing of inflamed necrotic tissue

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Ulcer

78
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Liquids that serve as a solvent for the numerous ingredients that are incorporated into embalming fluids

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Vehicle

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