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1
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Substance used to kill insect larvae

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Larvicide

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A phase of somatic death lasting from 5-6 minutes during which life may be restored.

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CLINICAL DEATH

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The formation of cavities in an organ or tissue; frequently seen in some forms of tuberculosis

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Cavitation

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Antemortem necrosis Interland infected by an anaerobic gas forming bacillus. The most common ideologic agent being Clostridium perfringens

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Gas gangrene

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The surroundings, conditions, or influences that affect an organism or the cells within an organism

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Environment

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Discoloration of the body outside the blood vascular system, for example ecchymosis or Postmortem stain

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Extravascular blood discoloration

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The enlargement of an organ or part due to the increase in size of cells composing it

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Hypertrophy

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5
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A change in the form or state of matter without any change in chemical composition.

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POSTMORTEM PHYSICAL CHANGES

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6
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Manifestation of death in the body.

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SIGN OF DEATH

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7
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Piercing mucous membranes or the skin barrier through such events as needlesticks, human bites, cuts and abrasions.

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PARENTERAL

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8
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Uneven heartbeat

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Arrhythmia

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8
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Inflammation of the peritoneum, the membranous coat lining the abdominal cavity and investing the viscera.

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PERITONITIS

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9
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Presents itself after birth

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Acquired

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9
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One liable to death, a mortal

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Deathling

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9
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To remove by cutting out

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Excise

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9
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A dead human body, in a body of water, which is generated sufficient decomposition gases to float to the surface of the water facedown

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Floater

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An injury caused by a blow without lacerationA.k.a. contusionA.k.a. Bruise

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Ecchymosis

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10
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Antemortem and/or postmortem settling of blood and/or other fluids to the dependent portions of the body

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Hypostasis

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10
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Antemortem, pinpoint, extravascular blood discoloration visible as purplish hemorrhages of the skin.

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PETECHIA

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11
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Decomposition of proteins by enzymes of aerobic bacteria

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Decay

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13
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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

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Apnea

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13
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A wasting, decrease in size of an organ or tissue

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Atrophy

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14
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A condition of skin puckering caused by the contraction of the erector pili

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Cutis Anseria

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15
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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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Creutzfeld-Jacob disease

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15
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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

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17
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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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18
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Decrease in body temperature immediately before death.

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AGONAL ALGOR

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19
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Reduction in arterial blood supply

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Ischemia

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19
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A chronic or acute disease of unregulated clonal proliferation of the stem cells of the blood forming tissues; residential cells eventually replaced by tumor cells

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Leukemia

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19
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MicroorganismA minute one celled form of life not distinguishable as to vegetable or animal Nature.

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Microbe

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19
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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

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19
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An agonal or postmortem redistribution of host microflora on a hostwide basis.

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TRANSLOCATION

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19
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a poisonous substance of plant, animal, bacterial or fungal origin.

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TOXIN

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19
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Increase in body temperature immediately before death.

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AGONAL FEVER

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20
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Pathological death of a tissue still a part of the living organism

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Necrosis

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21
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Skin slipSloughing off of the epidermis, wherein there is a separation of epidermis from the underlying dermis

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Desquamation

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21
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State of being twisted or pushed out of natural shape or position

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Distortion

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22
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Type of retrovirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)

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Human immunodeficiency virus

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22
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A condition in which the vital signs of life are feebly maintained and there is a waxy rigidity of the body.

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CATALEPSY

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22
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The movement of blood from the heart and arteries into the capillaries and veins, which occurs at the moment of death.

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ARTICULO-MORTIS

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24
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Localized abnormal dilation or out pocketing of a blood vessel resulting from a congenital defect or a weakness of the vessel wall

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Aneurysm

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25
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Removal of the eye for tissue transplantation, research, and education

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Eye Enucleation

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25
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A condition which occurs in dead bodies when exposed to temperatures near or below the freezing point, thus causing the tissues to become firm and rigid.

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COLD STIFFENING

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26
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Unchecked putrefaction eventually results in a complete breakdown and disappearance of all body structures, except the bones

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Disintegration

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27
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A disease with a more or less rapid and short duration

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Acute

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27
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Death of the individual cells of the body.

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CELLULAR DEATH

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28
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State of stretching out or becoming inflatedA.k.a. swelling

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Distention

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29
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General inflammation of the skin

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Dermatitis

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29
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A change in the body’s chemical composition thatoccurs after death such as hemolysis.

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CHEMICAL POSTMORTEM CHANGE

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30
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Enzymes which function outside of the bacterial cell wall

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Exoenzyme

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31
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The immediate stiffening of the muscles of a dead human body aka cadaveric spasm.

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INSTANTANEOUS RIGOR MORTIS

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32
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Discolorations resulting from the changes in blood composition, content, or location, either intravascularly or extravascularly

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Blood discoloration

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33
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An invagination of an upper segment of intestine within a lower segment.

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AGONAL INTUSSUSCEPTION

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35
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Antemortem injuries resulting from friction of the skin against a firm object resulting in the removal of the epidermis

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Abrasion

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36
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And acute infectious disease characterized by the formation of a false membrane on any mucous surface

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Diphtheria

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37
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A severe skin irritation due to prolonged exposure to formaldehyde or other embalming chemicals

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Embalmer’s eczema

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37
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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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38
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Acute, deep-seated inflammation in the skin which usually begins as a subcutaneous swelling in a hair follicle.A.k.a. Boil

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Furuncle

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38
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Destruction of cutaneous and subcutaneous tissues; seared, charred.

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THIRD DEGREE BURNS

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38
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Capable of producing disease.

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PATHOGENIC

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39
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Loss of blood to the point where life can no longer be sustained

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Exsanguination

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40
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Death of the organism as a whole.

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SOMATIC DEATH

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41
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Discharge of red blood cells in the urine

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Hematuria

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42
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A material which can trigger an allergic reaction

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Allergen

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43
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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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Fungicide

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44
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The formation of an area of necrosis in a tissue caused by obstruction in the artery supplying the area

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Infarction

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44
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Antemortem, physiological death of the cells of the body followed by their replacement. Most cells in the body are completely replaced every 14 years

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Necrobiosis

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44
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reduction in arterial blood supply

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ISCHEMIA

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45
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Bacteria that derive their nutrition from dead organic matter.

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SAPROPHYTIC BACTERIA

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46
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general term used to denote any prolonged inhalation of mineral dust

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PNEUMOCONIOSIS

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47
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Effected through unbroken skin.

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PERCUTANEOUS

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48
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Weight applied to a surface

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External pressure

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49
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The term applied to a number of pathological conditions causing a thickening, hardening, and loss of elasticity of the walls of the arteries

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Arteriosclerosis

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51
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A condition in which the muscles become rigidly fixed, the body becomes pale and cold, pulse and respiration are feeble

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Death trance

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53
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The bodies own digestive enzymes that are capable of destroying body cells (Autolytic decomposition)

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Autolytic enzyme

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54
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The removal of an entire mass or part, especially a tumor or the eyeball, without rupture

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Enucleation

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54
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Dead at birth; a product of conception either expelled or extracted dead

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STILLBORN

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55
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The application of chemical reagents in the treatment of disease in humans, causing an elevated preservation demand.

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Chemotherapy

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56
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Absorption of the fluid portion of blood by the tissues after death resulting in postmortem Edema

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Imbibition

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57
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Dry gangrene

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Ischemic Necrosis

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58
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Infection acquired in a hospital.

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NOSOCOMIAL

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60
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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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60
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A buzzing or ringing in the ears.

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TINNITUS

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61
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Abnormal accumulation of fluid within the pericardial sac

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Hydropericardium

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62
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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

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63
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Extravasation of blood as a result of Eye nucleation

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Eye enucleation discoloration

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64
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Inflammation of the liver. It may be caused by a variety of agents including viral infections, bacterial invasion, and physical or chemical agents. It is usually accompanied by fever, jaundice, and an enlarged liver

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Hepatitis

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65
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Abnormal accumulation of fluids in a saclike structure, especially the scrotal sac

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Hydrocele

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65
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Under development of a tissue, organ, or the body

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Hypoplasia

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65
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A condition, which occurs after rigor mortis has left the body where the muscles of the body return to a state of limpness and flaccidity.

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SECONDARY FLACCIDITY

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66
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Spread by contaminated blood or bodily fluids

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Hepatitis CHCV

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66
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Drug-induced edema wherein the excess fluid is located within the cell. Upon palpation, there is no noticeable depression.

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SOLID EDEMA

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67
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a microbe that can only survive in the absence of free oxygen.

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STRICT (OBLIGATE) ANAEROBE

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67
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A prolongation of the last violent contraction of the muscles into the rigidity of death aka instantaneous rigor mortis.

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CADAVERIC SPASM

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68
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Pathologic state, resulting from the presence of microorganisms or their products in the blood or other tissues.

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SEPSIS

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69
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A general term The solidification of a sol into a gelatinous mass. Agglutination is a specific form of coagulation.

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TISSUE COAGULATION

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70
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The pressure exerted by the blood in the living body on the arterial wall measured in millimeters of mercury

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Blood pressure

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71
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Anaerobic, saprophytic, spore forming bacterium responsible for tissue gas. Referred to as a gas Bacillus

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Clostridium perfringens

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72
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General deterioration of the body; a state of ill health, malnutrition, and wasting. It may occur in many chronic diseases as certain malignancies and advanced pulmonary tuberculosis. [wasting syndrome]

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Cachexia

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73
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Small elevation of the skin with an inflamed base, containing pus.

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PUSTULE

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74
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Characterized by a high fever, causing dehydration of the body

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Febrile

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74
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The diminished, or lowered, coagulability of blood

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Hypinosis

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74
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Death brought about by a cessation of cardiac activity, or a failure of heart action, one of three modes of death as described by Bichat.

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SYNCOPE

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75
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To remove by cutting out; the area from which something has been cut out

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Excision

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76
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A brown to black band of discolored sclera of the eye. Created by the postmortem drying of the sclera by the air.

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TACHE NOIRE

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77
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Any change in structure produced during the course of a disease or injury

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Lesion

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77
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Liquid product of inflammation containing various proteins and leukocytes.

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PUS

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78
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JaundiceConditions 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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Icterus

80
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ObesityHaving an abnormal amount of fat on the body

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Corpulence

80
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Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. Bacterial, resistant to most drugs. The causative agent of bedsores, surgical wound infections, skin and nose infections, and pneumonia

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MRSA

81
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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

82
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Weakness in the extremities due to damage or degeneration of the peripheral nerves.

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PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY

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Any deviation from or interruption of the normal structure or function of a body part, organ, or system

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Disease

85
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The reaction of the tissues to injurious agents, usually characterized by heat, redness, swelling, and pain.

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Inflammation

86
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Crackling sensation produced when gases trapped in tissues are palpatedSubcutaneous emphysema

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Crepitation

86
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Antemortem discoloration that occurs during the course of certain diseases; gangrene and jaundice.

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PATHOLOGICAL DISCOLORATION

87
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Escape of blood serum from an intravascular to an extravascular location immediately before death.

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AGONAL EDEMA

88
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Difficult or painful breathing

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Dyspnea

89
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the formation or presence of an attached blood clot.

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THROMBOSIS

91
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Circumscribed inflammation of the skin and deeper tissue that ends in suppuration and is accompanied by systemic symptoms such as fever and leukocytosis; several communicating boils of the skin and subcutaneous tissues with the production and discharge of pus and dead tissue

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Carbuncle

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Increase in number of leukocytes (above 10,000 per cumm) in the blood, generally caused by infection and usually transient

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Leukocytosis

93
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blister-like elevation of skin containing serous fluid

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VESICLE

94
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Unconsciousness produced by a drug, usually narcotics, and certain toxic chemicals

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Narcosis

95
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Condition in which the manifestations of life are feebly maintained

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APPARENT DEATH

97
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Bleeding from the nose

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Epistaxis

98
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The disease of the skin characterized by itching, redness, and scaling

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Eczema

99
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Noise made by a moribund person caused by air passing through a residue of mucus in the trachea and posterior oral cavity

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Death Rattle

99
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The abnormal, excessive and uncontrolled multiplication of cells with the formation of a mass or new growth of tissue.

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NEOPLASM aka TUMOR

101
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Rendered thoroughly dry, exhausted of moisture

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Desiccation

102
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Condition that results when the body part that dies had little blood and remains aseptic occurs when the ARTERIES ARE OBSTRUCTED.

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Dry gangrene

103
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Diseased; due to a disease.

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PATHOLOGICAL CONDITION

103
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Irreversible somatic death, where life cannot be restored.

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BIOLOGICAL DEATH

104
Q

The immediate and temporary disturbance of brain function

A

Concussion

105
Q

Extravasation Of blood into a tissue.Ecchymosis or bruise

A

Suggillation

106
Q

A mark of desiccation.

A

RAZOR BURN aka RAZOR ABRASION

107
Q

Postdeath alteration in the body that comprises a physical and a chemical change, for example, rigor mortis, wherein there is a change in pH of the tissues and a stiffening of the muscles.

A

PHYSICOCHEMICAL POSTMORTEM CHANGE

108
Q

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

A

Infectious disease

109
Q

The distention of the pelvis and calyces of one or both kidneys with urine as a result of obstruction

A

Hydronephrosis

110
Q

A cancer-causing chemical or material

A

Carcinogen

111
Q

a toxic condition caused by retention in the blood of waste products normally excreted in the urine

A

UREMIA

113
Q

Disease that may be transmitted between individuals with reference to the organism that causes a disease

A

Contagious disease

115
Q

Glycoprotein substance developed by the body in response to an interacting specifically with an antigen.A.k.a. immunoglobin

A

Antibody

116
Q

Dizziness characterized by a sensation of whirling movement.

A

VERTIGO

116
Q

Characteristic pus-filled structure of a disease, such as smallpox, syphilis, and acne.

A

PUSTULAR LESION

117
Q

Accumulation of serous fluids in the peritoneal cavity

A

Ascites

118
Q

Severe generalized edema

A

Anasarca

119
Q

Fatty degeneration or thickening of the walls of the larger arteries occurring in artherosclerosis

A

Atheroma

119
Q

Drawn or pulled out

A

Extraction

120
Q

An insect larva; especially flies

A

Maggot

122
Q

The prevention or inhibiting of the growth of causative microorganisms

A

Antisepsis

124
Q

Necrotic tissue that is wet as a result of INADEQUATE VENOUS DRAINAGE; may be accompanied by bacterial infection.A.k.a. moist gangrene

A

Wet gangrene

125
Q

In a dying state; in the agonal period

A

Moribund

125
Q

A discoloration due to the deposit of matter on the skin surface. These discolorations may occur antemortem, during, or after embalming of the body; adhesive tape, ink, iodine, paint, tobacco stains.

A

SURFACE DISCOLORATION

126
Q

Blood clot which forms when the blood plasma passes through the capillary walls and leaves the blood cells behind.

A

TOUGH DRY CLOTS aka WHITE FIBRIN CLOT

128
Q

Discoloration of the body within the blood vascular system; for example hypostasis, carbon monoxide, and capillary congestion

A

Intravascular blood discoloration

129
Q

a yellowish, sickly color of the complexion

A

SALLOW

131
Q

Chemicals which kill, or render incapable of reproducing, disease causing microorganisms

A

Germicide

133
Q

Insufficient intake of oxygen resulting from numerous causes.A.k.a. apnea

A

Asphyxia

135
Q

A form of arteriosclerosis marked by the deposition of lipids on the inner layer of the arterial wall

A

Atherosclerosis

137
Q

The increased size of an organ or part due to the excessive but regulated increase in the number of its cells.

A

Hyperplasia

138
Q

Formerly called infectious hepatitis. It is called by the enteric transmission. (Fecal-oral)

A

Hepatitis AHAV

140
Q

The presence of bacteria in the blood.

A

Bacteremia

141
Q

An involuntary, rapid movement of the eyeball, usually from side to side.

A

NYSTAGMUS

142
Q

Postmortem evacuation of any substance from an extemal orifice of the body as a result of pressure.

A

PURGE

144
Q

A decrease in the number of erythrocytes, hemoglobin, or both

A

Anemia

144
Q

Effect occurring at sites remote from the route of entry.

A

SYSTEMIC

146
Q

And inflammatory skin disease marked by small vesicles in clusters, usually restricted to diseases caused by herpesvirus

A

Herpes

147
Q

Antemortem discolorations resulting from the administration of drugs or chemotherapeutic agents

A

Drug discoloration

148
Q

set of signs and symptoms associated with a particular disease (example: Down’s syndrome).

A

SYNDROME

149
Q

those resulting in acute inflammation of the skin and blisters.

A

SECOND DEGREE BURN

151
Q

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

A

Disinfection

153
Q

Decomposition of fats

A

Lypolysis

154
Q

a microbe that can only live in the presence of free oxygen.

A

STRICT (OBLIGATE) AEROBE

156
Q

Destructive to bacteria

A

Bactericidal agent

157
Q

the presence of toxins in the blood.

A

TOXEMIA

158
Q

Specific antibody acting destructively upon cells and tissues

A

Lysin

160
Q

Areas of embalms tissue where excessive dehydration has occurred

A

Dessication marks

161
Q

Inflammation of the meninges

A

Meningitis

162
Q

Wound characterized by irregular tearing tissue

A

Laceration

163
Q

Transmitted by contaminated water and human waste

A

Hepatitis EHEV

164
Q

An injury caused by sheet which produces redness of the skin Hyperemia

A

First degree burn

166
Q

A drug resis¬tant bacterium found in feces and open wounds. It can also be found associated with nasogastric tubes often in patients who have had long hospitalization.

A

VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI (VRE).

168
Q

The true metabolic enzymes of bacterium, produced with in the bacterial cell wall

A

Endoenzymes

169
Q

The irreversible cessation of brain activity and loss of consciousness; death beginning at the brain

A

Coma

171
Q

Pathogenic microorganisms that are present in human blood and can cause disease in humans; these pathogens include hepatitis B virus and human immunodeficiency virus

A

Blood-borne pathogens

173
Q

Free-floating object in the bloodstream

A

Embolism

174
Q

Fluid or cellular debris exuding from blood vessels and deposited in tissues or tissue surfaces; usually a result of inflammation

A

Exudate

176
Q

Formation of new channels in a tissue

A

Canalization

177
Q

An organism that prefers an oxygen environment but is capable of living and growing in its absence

A

FACULTATIVE ANAEROBE

178
Q

A swelling or mass of clotted blood confined to an organ or space caused by a ruptured blood vessel

A

Hematoma

179
Q

Having relatively large patches of color somewhat different from the remainder of the coloring

A

Blotched

181
Q

Bluish discoloration of the skin or mucous membranes due to lack of oxygen

A

Cyanosis

182
Q

The semi convulsive twitches which are often occur before death

A

Death struggle

183
Q

Acute infection or inflammation of the alveoli. The alveolar sacs fill up with fluid and dead white blood cells. Causes include bacteria, fungi, and viruses.

A

PNEUMONIA

184
Q

A period immediately following death and before rigor mortis occurs, where the muscles of the body are limp and flaccid.

A

PRIMARY FLACCIDITY

185
Q

Total evacuation (absence) of tissue

A

Fourth degree burn

186
Q

Act of cutting apart. Distend. Two expand or swell.

A

Dissection

188
Q

Freedom from infection and from any form of life; sterility

A

Asepsis

189
Q

Tuberculosis of the skin; patches ulcerate and leave scars upon healing

A

Lupus Vulgaris

191
Q

Loss of Moisture from body tissue which may occur antemortem or postmortem Antemortem: Febrile disease, diarrhea or ernesisPostmortem: injection of embalming solution or through absorption by the air

A

Dehydration

193
Q

EdemaAbnormal accumulation of fluids in tissue or body cavities

A

Dropsy

194
Q

Expression or appearance of the facial features after death. The look of death

A

Facies hippocratica

195
Q

A blood clot which contains all of the blood elements coagulated in an evenly mixed mass

A

Current and/or jelly clot

196
Q

A sack within or on the body surface containing air or fluid

A

Cyst

197
Q

Disfigured by a loss of a natural part because of the application of force

A

Mutilated

198
Q

And abnormally excessive amount of albumin and the urine

A

Albuminuria

199
Q

Causing visible destruction of living tissue at point of contact

A

Corrosive

200
Q

Any malignant neoplasm marked by uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells

A

Cancer

202
Q

The means by which a pathogen is passed from host to host

A

Circle of transmission

203
Q

Severe infectious blood-borne virus

A

Hepatitis BHBV

205
Q

Staphyloccus aureuspathogens that have become re¬sistant to the drugs methicillin and vancomycin.

A

VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (VRSA).

206
Q

A microorganism that prefers an environment devoid of oxygen but has adapted so that it can live and grow in the presence of oxygen.

A

FACULTATIVE AEROBE

207
Q

The rise in temperature after death due to continued cellular metabolism.

A

POSTMORTEM CALORICITY

208
Q

abnormal constriction of a channel or orifice

A

STENOSIS

209
Q

a hole or wound resulting from piercing.

A

PUNCTURE

210
Q

Disease characterized by a rash, for example, measles.

A

EXANTHEMATOUS DISEASE

211
Q

Blood in sputum

A

Hemoptysis

212
Q

The condition of the Heart being enlarged occurring normally, artificially, or as a result of disease

A

Dilatation (dilation)

213
Q

Extreme sensitivity to light.

A

PHOTOPHOBIA

214
Q

The changing of the blood from a liquid to a semi-solid or from a semi-solid to a solid.

A

POSTMORTEM BLOOD COAGULATION

215
Q

In the presence of free oxygen.

A

AEROBIC

216
Q

AIDS. Specific group of diseases or conditions which are indicated of severe immunosuppression related to infection with the immunodeficiency virus (MV); decedents may exhibit conditions such as wasting syndrome, extra-pulmonary tuberculosis, and Kaposi’s sarcoma

A

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome

218
Q

Disjoining of bones

A

Disarticulate

219
Q

A physical injury or wound caused by external force or violence.

A

TRAUMA

221
Q

small proteinaceous infectious agents (particles) which almost certainly do not have a nucleic acid genome and therefore resist inactivation by procedures that modify nucleic acids Prion diseases are often called spongiform encephalopathies because of the post mortem appearance of the brain with large vacuoles in the cortex and cerebellum

A

PRION

222
Q

Bacterial decomposition of carbohydrates

A

Fermentation

223
Q

A thin vesicle on the skin containing liquid matter

A

Blister

224
Q

Disease resulting from a deficiency in the secretion of adrenocortical hormones, with a bronze discoloration of the skin and electrolyte imbalances

A

Addison’s disease

226
Q

A blood clot which contains all of the blood elements with red and white blood cells separated into distinct layers

A

Chicken fat clot

228
Q

Postmortem accumulation of gas in tissues or cavities brought about by an Anaerobic gas forming bacillus, ex clostridiurn perfringens.

A

TISSUE GAS

229
Q

Condition in which interstitial spaces contain such excessive amounts of fluid that the skin remains depressed after palpation.

A

PITTING EDEMA

230
Q

Buck teethOblique insertion of the teeth

A

Dental prognathism

231
Q

Temporary condition of apparent death.

A

SUSPENDED ANIMATION

232
Q

Abnormal amount of fat on the body.

A

OBESE

233
Q

Edema in the body appendages, trunk, and/or head as contrasted with edema of the body cavities.

A

SKELETAL EDEMA

234
Q

Irreversible cessation of all vital functions [nonlegal definition]

A

Death

236
Q

Any abnormal color in or upon the human body

A

Discoloration

237
Q

In the absence of free oxygen.

A

ANAEROBIC

239
Q

Boil An abscess or pyogenic infection of the sweat gland or hair follicle

A

Furuncle

240
Q

Blood present in vomitus; vomiting of blood from the stomach

A

Hematemesis

241
Q

Postmortem stiffening of the body muscles by natural body processes aka cadaveric rigidity.

A

RIGOR MORTIS

242
Q

Indicates the weakness or feebleness of any organ or function

A

Asthenia

243
Q

Excessive leanness; a wasted condition resulting in sunken surfaces of the face

A

Emaciation

244
Q

Disease that may be transmitted either directly or indirectly between individuals by an infectious agent

A

Communicable disease

245
Q

Abnormal accumulation of Cerebral spinal fluid in the ventricles of the brain

A

Hydrocephalus

246
Q

Distension of the tissues beneath the skin by gas or air; an antemortem condition brought about by a surgical procedure or trauma.

A

SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA

247
Q

The loss of moisture from the living body during the agonal state.

A

AGONAL DEHYDRATION

248
Q

Inflammation of the kidneys.

A

NEPHRITIS

249
Q

A localized accumulation of pus

A

Abscess

250
Q

Spasm of death

A

Death throe

251
Q

Abnormal accumulation of fluid in the thoracic cavity

A

Hydrothorax

252
Q

A blood-borne virus

A

Hepatitis GHGV

253
Q

Signal of approaching death

A

Death token

254
Q

A blood-borne virus, it can only exist in combination with the hepatitis B virus. HBV vaccine will offer protection against HDV

A

Hepatitis DHDV

255
Q

Ecchymosis.

A

SUGGILLATION

256
Q

Post-mortem cooling of the body to the surrounding temperature.

A

ALGOR MORTIS

257
Q

Necrosis, death of tissues of part of the body usually due to deficient or absent blood supply

A

Gangrene

258
Q

Disease characterized by a rash, for example, measles

A

Exanthematous disease

259
Q

The yellowing/browning of the finger nails and fingers from excessive use of cigarettes; a surface discoloration.

A

TOBACCO TARS

260
Q

A variation from the common or established

A

Deviations

261
Q

To cut or tear into into irregular segments

A

Lacerate

262
Q

A disease or disorder of the skin

A

Dermatosis

263
Q

A disease with a more or less slow onset and long duration

A

Chronic

264
Q

Microorganisms (Colon Bacillus) found normally in the colon

A

COLIFORM ORGANISMS

265
Q

Condition characterized by the multiplication of bacteria in blood.

A

SEPTICEMIA

266
Q

Relaxation phase of the heart action, or beat

A

Diastole

267
Q

Minute petechial hemorrhages caused by the rupture of minute vessels as blood settles into the dependent areas of organs and tissues; it is accompanied by livor mortis. A postmortem, extravascular blood discoloration. Most common in asphyxial or slow deaths.

A

TARDIEU SPOTS

268
Q

A severe, often fatal, bacterial disease characterized by pneumonia, dry cough, and sometimes gastrointestinal symptoms

A

Legionnaires disease

Advanced Embalming Vocab Reversed (5 decks)

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