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Substance used to kill insect larvae
Larvicide
A phase of somatic death lasting from 5-6 minutes during which life may be restored.
CLINICAL DEATH
The formation of cavities in an organ or tissue; frequently seen in some forms of tuberculosis
Cavitation
Antemortem necrosis Interland infected by an anaerobic gas forming bacillus. The most common ideologic agent being Clostridium perfringens
Gas gangrene
The surroundings, conditions, or influences that affect an organism or the cells within an organism
Environment
Discoloration of the body outside the blood vascular system, for example ecchymosis or Postmortem stain
Extravascular blood discoloration
The enlargement of an organ or part due to the increase in size of cells composing it
Hypertrophy
A change in the form or state of matter without any change in chemical composition.
POSTMORTEM PHYSICAL CHANGES
Manifestation of death in the body.
SIGN OF DEATH
Piercing mucous membranes or the skin barrier through such events as needlesticks, human bites, cuts and abrasions.
PARENTERAL
Uneven heartbeat
Arrhythmia
Inflammation of the peritoneum, the membranous coat lining the abdominal cavity and investing the viscera.
PERITONITIS
Presents itself after birth
Acquired
One liable to death, a mortal
Deathling
To remove by cutting out
Excise
A dead human body, in a body of water, which is generated sufficient decomposition gases to float to the surface of the water facedown
Floater
An injury caused by a blow without lacerationA.k.a. contusionA.k.a. Bruise
Ecchymosis
Antemortem and/or postmortem settling of blood and/or other fluids to the dependent portions of the body
Hypostasis
Antemortem, pinpoint, extravascular blood discoloration visible as purplish hemorrhages of the skin.
PETECHIA
Decomposition of proteins by enzymes of aerobic bacteria
Decay
Death brought about by a cessation of respiration or improper functioning of the respiratory apparatus; one of the three modes of death as described by Bichat
Apnea
A wasting, decrease in size of an organ or tissue
Atrophy
A condition of skin puckering caused by the contraction of the erector pili
Cutis Anseria
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
Creutzfeld-Jacob disease