Vocab (3 of 6) Flashcards
(145 cards)
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Chemical agents capable of destroying, and/or inhibiting the growth of saprophytic or pathogenic fungi, including molds
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FUNGICIDES
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A process in which a gaseous agent is used to destroy rodents or insects, which act as disease carriers
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FUMIGATION
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an abscess or pyogenic infection of a sweat gland or hair follicle
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FURUNCLE aka BOIL
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The vertical restraining fold of mucous membrane on the midline of the inside of each lip connecting the lip with the gum.
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FRENULUM
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Total evacuation (absence) of tissue
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FOURTH DEGREE BURN
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A mixture of formaldehyde gas dissolved in water with 40% by volume, 37% by weight and contains 7% methyl alcohol to prevent polymerization
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FORMALIN
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OSHA regulation limiting the amount of occupation exposure to formaldehyde gas.
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FORMALDEHYDE RULE
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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
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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 aka HCHO or CH20
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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
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an opening in the occipital bone through which the spinal cord passes from the brain.
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FORAMEN MAGNUM
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Intravascular blood discoloration that occurs when arterial solution enters an area (such as the face), but due to blockage, blood and embalming solution are unable to drain from the area.
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FLUSH (FLUSHING)
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A common dye which is used to test for blood circulation
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FLUORESCEIN
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The movement of the arterial solution from the point of injection through the blood vascular system.
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FLUID DISTRIBUTION
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The movement of the arterial solution through the capillaries into the intercellular spaces, from an intravascular to an extravascular position.
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FLUID DIFFUSION
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A supplemental piece of equipment attached to the embalming machine which measures the flow of fluids in both gallons per hour and ounces per minute.
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FLOW METER
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A dead human body, in a body of water, which has generated sufficient decomposition gasses to float to the surface of the water (face down).
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FLOATER
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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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The act of making tissue rigid. The solidification of a compound.
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FIXATION
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(hyperemia) an injury caused by heat which produces redness of the skin.
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FIRST DEGREE BURN
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Rigidity of tissue due to chemical reaction.
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FIRMING
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Removal of particles (liquid or solid) from a solution, as it passes through a membrane or other partial barrier.
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FILTRATION
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Lesions of the mucous membrane of the lip or mouth usually caused by Herpes simplex type 1.
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FEVER BLISTERS
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Bacterial decomposition of carbohydrates
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FERMENTATION
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Agency of federal government created in 1914 to promote free and fair competition by prevention of trade restraints, price fixing, false advertising and other unfair methods of competition
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION aka FTC
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Characterized by a high fever, causing dehydration of the body
FEBRILE
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A product of decomposition of fats
FATTY ACIDS
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Organic compound containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen; chemically, a triglyceride ester, composed of glycerol and fatty acids
FAT
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An organism that prefers an oxygen environment but is capable of living and growing in its absence
FACULTATIVE ANAEROBE
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A microorganism that prefers an environment devoid of oxygen but has adapted so that it can live and grow in the presence of oxygen
FACULTATIVE AEROBE
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Expression or appearance of the facial features after death The look of death.
FACIES HIPPOCRATICA
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The bony region containing the eyeball; the orbital cavity.
EYE SOCKET aka ORBITAL CAVITY
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(outdated) Method of eye closure in which the upper lid is placed on top of the lower lid.
EYELID OVERLAP
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(palpebrae) two movable flaps of skin which cover and uncover each eyeball.
EYELIDS
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A thin plastic dome-shaped disk used to restore contour just beneath the eyelids An aid in eye closure.
EYECAP
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OSHA required emergency safety device providing a steady stream of water for flushing the eye.
EYE WASH STATION
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Extravasation of blood as a result of eye enucleation.
EYE ENUCLEATION DISCOLORATION
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Removal of the eye for tissue transplantation, research and education.
EYE ENUCLEATION
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fluid or cellular debris exuding from blood vessels and deposited in tissues or tissue surfaces; usually a result of inflammation
EXUDATE
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From outside the body.
EXTRINSIC
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Discoloration of the body outside the blood vascular system, for example, ecchymosis, petechia, hematoma, and postmortem stain.
EXTRAVASCULAR BLOOD DISCOLORATION
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Outside the blood vascular system.
EXTRAVASCULAR
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drawn or pulled out.
EXTRACTION
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weight applied to a surface.
EXTERNAL PRESSURE
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loss of blood to the point where life can no longer be sustained
EXSANGUINATION
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Reasonably anticipated skin, eye, mucous membrane, or parenteral contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials that may result from the performance of an employee's duties.
EXPOSURE OCCUPATIONAL
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A specific eye, mouth, other mucous membrane, non-intact skin, or parenteral, contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials that results from the performance of an employee's duties.
EXPOSURE INCIDENT
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Any procedure used to prove a sign of death, usually performed by medical personnel.
EXPERT TESTS OF DEATH
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Enzymes which function outside of the bacterial cell wall.
EXOENZYMES
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To remove as by cutting out; the area from which something has been cut out.
EXCISION
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to remove as by cutting out.
EXCISE
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Disease characterized by a rash, for example, measles.
EXANTHEMATOUS DISEASE
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Is found in products as either the tetrasodium or disodium salt. They react chemically to “bind” calcium, which inhibits the blood clotting mechanism. It is a skin irritant, causing dryness and cracking.
ETHYLENEDIAMINE TETRACETIC ACID (EDTA)
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the discipline dealing with moral duty and obligation.
ETHICS
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Clear, volatile liquid used as a wax solvent or to remove grease, oil, and adhesive tape stains.
ETHER
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Bleeding from the nose.
EPISTAXIS
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the outermost layer of skin; the cuticle or scarf skin.
EPIDERMIS
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An organic catalyst produced by living cells and capable of autolytic decomposition.
ENZYME
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A governmental agency with environmental protection regulatory and enforcement authority.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY aka EPA
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The surroundings, conditions, or influences that affect an organism or the cells within an organism.
ENVIRONMENT
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he removal of an entire mass or part, especially a tumor or the eyeball, without rupture.
ENUCLEATION
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Procedures that isolate or remove the bloodborne pathogen hazard from the workplace such as sharps disposal container, self-sheathing needles.
ENGINEERING CONTROLS
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The true metabolic enzymes of bacterium, produced within the bacterial cell wall.
ENDOENZYMES
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Free floating object in the blood stream
EMBOLISM
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Preparation room equipment on which human remains are placed for the embalming procedure.
EMBALMING TABLE
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Embalming chemical in powder form; typically used for surface treatment of the remains.
EMBALMING POWDER
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Embalming where an absorbent material is saturated with an embalming chemical and placed in direct contact with the tissue.
EMBALMING PACK
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That consideration given to the dead body prior to, during, and after the embalming procedure is completed; documentation is recommended.
EMBALMING ANALYSIS aka CASE ANALYSIS
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The use of the vascular systems of the body for preservation, disinfection and restoration; usually accomplished through injection of embalming solutions into the arteries and drainage from the veins.
EMBALMING VASCULAR
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Direct contact of internal or external body tissues with embalming chemicals
EMBALMING SURFACE
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Report filled out for each body prepared and for each body received from another funeral home.
EMBALMING REPORT aka CASE REPORT
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Injection of embalming chemicals directly into the tissues through the use of a syringe and needle or a trocar.
EMBALMING HYPODERMIC
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Direct treatment other than vascular (arterial) embalming of the contents of the body cavities and the lumina of the hollow viscera; usually accomplished by aspiration and then injection of chemicals using a trocar.
EMBALMING CAVITY
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Process of chemically treating the dead human body to reduce the presence and growth of microorganisms, to temporarily inhibit organic decomposition, and to restore an acceptable physical appearance. Four types: Cavity, Hypodermic, Vascular, Surface
EMBALMING
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A severe skin irritation due to prolonged exposure to formaldehyde or other embalming chemicals
EMBALMER’S ECZEMA
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excessive leanness; a wasted condition resulting in sunken surfaces of the face.
EMACIATION
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An electrically heated blade which may be used to dry moist tissue, reduce swollen tissue, and restore contour to natural form aka tissue reducer.
ELECTRIC SPATULA
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A device that uses a motor to create a suction for the purpose of aspiration.
ELECTRIC ASPIRATOR
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A record of the electrical activity of the brain.
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM aka EEG
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Abnormal accumulation of fluids in tissue or body cavities
EDEMA aka DROPSY
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Record of the electrical activity of the heart.
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM/ECG aka EKG or ECG
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A disease of the skin characterized by itching, redness and scaling.
ECZEMA
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Extravasation of blood into a tissue; aka bruise or contusion.
ECCHYMOSIS aka SUGGILLATION
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Difficult or painful breathing.
DYSPNEA
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Substances which will, upon being dissolved, impart a definite color to the embalming solution Dyes are classified as to their capacity to permanently impart color to the tissue of the body into which they are injected.
DYE (COLORING AGENT)
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Condition that results when the body part that dies had little blood and remains aseptic and occurs when the arteries but not the veins are obstructed.
DRY GANGRENE
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Antemortem discolorations resulting from the administration of drugs or chemotherapeutic agents.
DRUG DISCOLORATION
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Preparation room equipment which is specifically designed for the dressing of the deceased.
DRESSING TABLE
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OSHA required safety device for a release of a copious amount of water in a short time.
DRENCH SHOWER
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An embalming instrument which allows the removal of blood from the body without using the conventional drain tube.
DRAINAGE FORCEPS
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Discharge or withdrawal of blood, interstitial fluid and embalming fluids from the body during vascular embalming. Usually removed through a vein of the body.
DRAINAGE
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Tubular instrument of varying diameter and shape, preferably with a plunger, that is inserted into a vein to aid in drainage of blood and to restrict the exit of vascular embalming solution.
DRAIN TUBE
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a wooden or metal rod used as an armature.
DOWEL
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posterior; toward the back; opposite of anterior
DORSAL
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a state of being twisted or pushed out of natural shape or position.
DISTORTION
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The movement of embalming solutions from the point of Injection throughout the arterial system and into the capillaries.
DISTRIBUTION SOLUTION
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State of stretching out or becoming inflated aka swelling.
DISTENSION
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The destruction and/or inhibition of most pathogenic organisms and their products in or on the body.
DISINFECTION
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An agent, usually chemical, applied to inanimate objects/surfaces to destroy disease causing microbial agents, but usually not bacterial spores.
DISINFECTANT
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Act of cutting apart. Distend. To expand or swell.
DISSECTION
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Any deviation from or interruption of the normal structure or function of a body part, organ, or system.
DISEASE
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Any abnormal color in or upon the human body.
DISCOLORATION
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Unchecked putrefaction eventually results in a complete breakdown and disappearance of all body structures, except the bones.
DISINTEGRATION
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Disjoining of bones.
DISARTICULATE
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An acute infectious disease characterized by the formation of a false membrane on any mucous surface.
DIPHTHERIA
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Substance thinned or reduced in concentra¬tion; a cosmetic lessened in brilliance.
DILUTION
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Anatomical term describing fingers and toes; the thumb is # 1 for each hand and the large toe is # 1 for each foot.
DIGITS
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Passage of some components of the injected embalming solution from an intravascular to an extravascular location; movements of the embalming solutions from the capillaries into the interstitial fluids
DIFFUSION SOLUTION
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The movement of molecules or other particles in solution from an area of greater concentration to an area of lesser concentration until uniform concentration is reached.
DIFFUSION
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The difference between potential and actual pressure.
DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE
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Relaxation phase of the heart action, or beat.
DIASTOLE
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Separation of substances in solution by the difference in their rates of diffusion through a semipermeable, membrane aka Selective Diffusion.
DIALYSIS
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the condition of the heart being enlarged, occurring normally, artificially, or as a result of disease
DILATATION (DILATION)
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A vascular incision made on vessels by cutting in an oblique or slanting direction.
DIAGONAL INCISION
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a variation from the common or established.
DEVIATIONS
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Sloughing off of the epidermis, wherein there is a separation of the epidermis from the underlying dermis formally referred to as skin slip.
DESQUAMATION aka SKIN SLIP
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Areas of embalmed tissue where excessive dehydration has occurred.
DESSICATION MARKS
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Rendered thoroughly dry, exhausted of moisture.
DESICCATION
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A disease or disorder of the skin.
DERMATOSIS
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General inflammation of the skin.
DERMATITIS
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The deep layer of skin under the epidermis aka dermis, skin, corium, or true skin.
DERMA
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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
DEODORANTS/ MASKING AGENTS/ PERFUMING AGENTS
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One of several methods used for mouth closure.
DENTAL TIE
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(buck teeth) oblique insertion of the teeth.
DENTAL PROGNATHISM
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An expression of the definition of mammals The number of teeth are given in form of a fraction, with the number of upper teeth over the number of lower teeth Using I for incisor, c for canine, b for bicuspid, pm for premolar, and m for molar, the dental formula of man is:
2-2 1-1 2-2 3-3 = 32
2-2 1-1 2-2 3-3
i c b or m pm
DENTAL FORMULA
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A protein whose structure has been changed by physical or chemical agents
DENATURED PROTEIN
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Loss of moisture from body tissue which may occur antemortem or Postmortem (antemortem febriledisease, diarrhea or ernesis, postmortem injection of embalming solution or through absorption by the air.)
DEHYDRATION
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below the surface
DEEP
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Inactivation or removal of microbial toxins, as well as of living microbial pathogens themselves.
DECONTAMINATION
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Separation of compounds into simpler substances by the action of Microbial and/or autolytic enzymes
DECOMPOSITION
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Decomposition of proteins by enzymes of aerobic bacteria.
DECAY
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One liable to death, a mortal.
DEATHLING
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A small weight, such as a penny, laid on the eyelids to keep them closed.
DEATH WEIGHT
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A condition in which the muscles become rigidly fixed, the body becomes pale and cold, pulse and respiration are feeble.
DEATH TRANCE
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Signal of approaching death.
DEATH TOKEN
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Spasm of death.
DEATH THROE
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The semi-convulsive twitches which often occur before death.
DEATH STRUGGLE
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Noise made by a moribund person caused by air passing through a residue of mucous in the trachea and posterior oral cavity.
DEATH RATTLE
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A relation or ratio of the number of deaths, for a given period, to the total population.
DEATH RATE
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Stroke or tolling of a death bell.
DEATH KNEEL
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A kind of ignis fatuus (glow) supposed to forebode death.
DEATH FIRE
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A luminous appearance like a candle flame, superstitiously thought to prestage death.
DEATH CANDLE
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A list of dead to be prayed for
DEATH BILL
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Irreversible cessation of all vital functions (Nonlegal definition)
DEATH
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(1452-1519) Italian sculptor and painter produced anatomical plates; injected the arterial system for preservation of anatomical specimens.
DA VINCI, LEONARDO
