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1
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(1452-1519) Italian sculptor and painter produced anatomical plates injected the arterial system for preservation of anatomical specimens.

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Leonardo Da Vinci

2
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Irreversible cessation of all vital functions (Nonlegal Definition).

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Death

3
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A list of dead to be prayed for.

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Death Bill

4
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A luminous appearance like a candle flame, superstitiously thought to prestage death.

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Death Candle

5
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A kind of ignis fatuus (glow) supposed to forebode death.

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Death Fire

6
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Stroke or tolling of a death bell.

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Death Kneel

7
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A relation or ration of the number of deaths, for a given period, to the total population.

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Death Rate

8
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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.

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Death Rattle

9
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The semi-convulsive twitches which often occur before death.

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Death Struggle

10
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Spasm of death.

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Death Throe

11
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Signal of approaching death.

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Death Token

12
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A condition in which the muscle become rigidly fixed, the body becomes pale and cold, pulse and respiration are feeble.

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Death Trance

13
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A small weight, such as a penny, laid on the eyelids to keep them closed.

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Death Weight

14
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One liable to death, a mortal.

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Deathling

15
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Separation of compounds into simpler substances by the action of Microbal and/ or autolytic enzymes.

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Decomposition

16
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Inactivation or removal of microbal toxins, as well as of living microbial pathogens themselves.

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Decontamination

17
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Below the surface.

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Deep

18
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Loss of moisture from body tissue which may occur antemortem or postmortem (antemortem febrile disease, diarrhea or ernesis, postmortem injection of embalming solution or through absorption by the air.

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Dehydration

19
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A protein whose structure has been changed by physical or chemical agents.

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Denatured Protein

20
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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.

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Dental Formula

21
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(Buck Teeth) oblique insertion of the teeth.

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Dental Prognathism

22
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One of several methods used for mouth closure.

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Dental Tie

23
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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 aka Masking Agents aka Perfuming Agents

24
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The deep layer of skin under the epidermis.

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Derma aka Dermis aka Skin aka Corium aka True Skin

25
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General inflammation of the skin.

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Dermatitis

26
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A disease or disorder of the skin.

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Dermatosis

27
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Rendered thoroughly dry, exhausted of moisture.

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Desiccation

28
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Areas of embalmed tissue where excessive dehydration has occurred.

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Dessication Marks

29
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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.

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Desquamation aka Skin Slip

30
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A variation from the common or established.

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Deviations

31
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A vascular incision made on vessels by cutting in an oblique or slanting direction.

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Diagonal Incision

32
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The condition of the heart being enlarged, occurring normally artificially, or as a result of disease.

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Dilatation (Dilation)

33
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Separation of substances in solution by the difference in their rates of diffusion through a semipermeable, membrane.

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Dialysis aka Selective Diffusion

34
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Relaxation phase of the heart action, or beat.

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Diastole

35
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The difference between potential and actual pressure.

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Differential Pressure

36
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The movement of molecules or other particles in solution from an area of greater concentration to an area of lessor concentration until uniform concentration is reached.

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Diffusion

37
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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.

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Diffusion Solution

38
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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.

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Digits

39
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Substances thinned or reduced in concentration; a cosmetic lessened in brilliance.

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Dilution

40
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An acute infectious disease characterized by the formation of a false membrane on any mucous surface.

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Diptheria

41
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Disjoining of bones.

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Disarticulate

42
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Unchecked putrefaction eventually resulting in a complete breakdown and disappearance of all body structures, except the bones

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Disintegration

43
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Any abnormal color in or upon the human body.

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Discoloration

44
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Any deviaition from or interruption of the normal structure or function of a body part, organ, or system.

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Disease

45
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Act of cutting apart. Distend. To expand or swell.

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Dissection

46
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An agent, usually chemical, applied to inanimate objects/surfaces to destroy disease causing microbial agents, but usually not bacterial spores.

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Disinfectant

47
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The destruction and/or inhibition of most pathogenic organisms and their products in or on the body.

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Disinfection

48
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State of stretching out or becoming inflated.

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Distension aka Swelling

49
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The movement of embalming solutions from the point of injection throughout the arterial system and into the capillaries.

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Distribution Solution

50
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A state of being twisted or pushed out of natural shape or position.

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Distortion

51
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Toward the back; opposite of anterior.

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Dorsal aka Posterior

52
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A wooden or metal rod used as an armature.

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Dowel

53
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Tubular instrument of varying diameter and shape, preferable with a plunger, that is inserted into a vein to aid in drainage of blood and to restrict the exit of vascular embalming solution.

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Drain Tube

54
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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.

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Drainage

55
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An embalming instrument which allows the removal of blood from the body without using the conventional drain tube.

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Drainage Forceps

56
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OSHA required safety device for a release of a copious amount of water in a short time.

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Drench Shower

57
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Preparation room equipment which is specifically designed for the dressing of the deceased.

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Dressing Table

58
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Antemortem discolorations resulting from the administration of drugs or chemotherapeutic agents..

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Drug Discoloration

59
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Condition that results when the body part that dies has little blood and remains aseptic and occurs when the arteries but not the veins are obstructed.

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Dry Gangrene

60
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Substances which will, upon being dissolved, impart a definite color to the embalming solution. They are classified as to their capacity to permanently impart color to the tissue of the body which they are injected.

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Dye aka Coloring Agent

61
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Difficult or painful breathing.

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Dyspnea

62
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Decomposition of proteins by enzymes of aerobic bacteria.

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Decay