Vocabulary D Flashcards
Italian Sculptor and painted produced anatomical plates; injected the arterial system for preservation of anatomical specimens.
Da Vinci, Leonardo (1452-1519)
Irreversible cessation of all vital functions (nonlegal definition).
Death
A list of dead to be prayed for.
Death Bill
A luminous appearance like a candle flame, superstitiously thought to prestage death.
Death Candle
A kind of ignis fatuus (glow) supposed to forebode death.
Death Fire
Stroke or tolling of a death bell.
Death Kneel
A relation or ratio of the number of deaths, for a given period, to the total population.
Death Rate
Noise made by a moribund person caused by air passing though a residue of mucous in the trachea and posterior oral cavity.
Death Rattle
The semi-convulsive twitches which often occur before death.
Death Struggle
Spasm of death.
Death Throe
Signal of approaching death.
Death token
A condition in which the muscles become rigidly fixed, the body becomes pale and cold, pulse and respiration are feeble.
Death Trance
A small weight, such as a penny, laid on the eyelids to keep them closed.
Death Weight
One liable to death, a mortal.
Deathling
Decomposition of proteins by enzymes of aerobic bacteria.
Decay
Separation of compounds into simpler substances by the action of microbial and/or autolytic enzymes.
Decomposition
Inactivation or removal or microbial toxins, as well as living microbial pathogens themselves.
Decontamination
Below the surface.
Deep
Loss of moisture from the body tissue which may occur antemortem or postmortem. (antemortem febrile disease, diarrhea or emesis, postmortem injection of embalming solution or through absorption of the air).
Dehydration
A protein whose structure has been changed by physical or chemical agents.
Denatured Protein
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 or 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
Oblique insertion of the teeth.
Dental prognathism (buck teeth)
One of several methods used for mouth closure.
Dental Tie
Chemicals having the capability of displacing an unpleasant odor or of altering an unpleasant oder so that it is converted to a more pleasant one.
Deodorant/Masking Agents/Perfuming Agents