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
The deep later of skin under the epidermis.
Derma (Dermis, skin, corium, true skin)
General inflammation of the skin.
Dermatitis
A disease or disorder of the skin.
Dermatosis
Rendered throughly dry, exhausted of moisture.
Desiccation
Areas of embalmed tissue where excessive dehydration has occurred.
Desiccation Marks
Sloughing off of the epidermis, wherein there is a separation of the epidermis from the underlying dermis formally referred to as skin slip.
Desquamation (skin slip)
A variation from the common or established.
Deviations
A vascular incision made on vessels by cutting in an oblique or slanting direction.
Diagonal Incision
The condition of the heart being enlarged, occurring normally, artificially, or as a result of disease.
Dilatation (dilation)
Separation of substances in solution by the difference in their rates of diffusion though a semipermeable membrane.
Dialysis (Selective diffusion)
Relaxation phase of the heart action, or beat.
Diastole
The difference between potential and actual pressure.
Differential Pressure
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
Passage of some components of the injected embalming solution from an intravascular to extravascular location; movements of he embalming solutions from the capillaries into the interstitial fluids.
Diffusion Solution
Anatomical term describing fingers and toes; the thumb is #1 for each hand and the large toe is #1 for each foot.
Digits
Substance thinned or reduced in concentration; a cosmetic lessened in brillance.
Dilution
An acute infectious disease characterized by the formation of a false membrane on any mucous surface.
Diphtheria
Disjoining of bones.
Disarticulate
Unchecked putrefaction eventually results in a complete breakdown and disappearance of all bodily structures, especially the bones.
Disintegration
Any abnormal color in or upon the human body.
Discoloration
Any deviation from or interruption of the normal structure or function of a body part, organ, or system.
Disease
Act of cutting apart, distend. To expand or swell.
Dissection
An agent, usually chemical, applied to inanimate objects/surfaces to destroy disease causing microbial agents, but usually not bacterial spores.
Disinfectant
The destruction and/or inhibition of most pathogenic organisms and their products in or on the body.
Disinfection
State of stretching out of becoming inflated.
Distension (Swelling)
The movement of embalming solutions from the point of injection throughout the arterial system and into the capillaries.
Distribution solution
A state of being twisted or pushed out of natural shape or position.
Distortion
Posterior, toward the back; opposite of anterior.
Dorsal
A wooden or metal rod used as an armature.
Dowel
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
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
An embalming instrument which allows the removal or blood from the body without using the conventional drain tube.
Drainage Forceps
OSHA required safety device for a release of copious amount of water in a short time.
Drench Shower
Preparation room equipment which is specifically designed for the dressing of the deceased.
Dressing Table
Antemortem discolorations resulting from the administration of drug or chemotherapeutic agents.
Drug Discolorations
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
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 onto which they are injected.
Dye (coloring agent)
Difficult or painful breathing.
Dyspnea
