Terms H-M

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Hemolysis

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The breakdown of red blood cells

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Hematopathology

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The study of diseases affecting the blood and blood forming organs including the bone marrow spleen and lymph nodes

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Hesitation wound

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A parallel superficial cut found on the wrists or neck of the deceased body made by the person himself or herself

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Homicide

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The killing of one person by another

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Immersion Changes

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Features of a deceased body, such as wrinkled hands and fluid within the body, that are characteristic of drowning

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Impale

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To pierce with a pointed object

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Infanticide

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Killing of a baby

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Jurisprudence

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The study of law and the legal system

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Laceration

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A blunt force injury that causes tearing of the tissues

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Leptomeninges

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The almost inseparable combination of the delicate middle arachnoid and the transparent inner membrane covering the brain, the Pia matter

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Ligature

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A cord that can be used to bind a person

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Livor mortis

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Purpleish red discoloration of the skin of a deceased person that results from the settling of blood in the lower regions of the body

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Manner of death ( MOD )

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The circumstances of how a patient died.

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Macerated

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Decomposition in a few days that has died before birth in the sterile environment of his mother’s uterus

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Marbling

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A change in the appearance of the skin of a deceased person after death, characterized by a greenish discoloration around the umbilicus

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Mass murder

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A person who killed several people at the same time in the same place who may or may not be known to the murder

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Medical examiner

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A physician serving as a government official that is responsible for determining the cause and manner of a death in fatalities

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Meninges

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The coverings of the brain inside the school. Inflammation or infection of these membranes is known as meningitis

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Mummification

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Shrinkage and drying of the skin of a deceased body there results under certain environmental conditions

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Munchausen syndrome

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Psychological condition in which a person makes the symptoms of a serious illness with the intent of gaining the attention and sympathy of others

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Münchausen syndrome by proxy

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Psychological condition in which a person causing the symptoms of a serious illness and someone else, usually a child, to gain the attention and sympathy of others

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Myocardial infarction

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Damage to the heart muscle due to a lack of blood from the coronary artery