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Death (Topical Term)

Preferred form: Death
Used for/see from:
  • Near-Death Experience
  • n: Cardiac Death
  • n: Death, Cardiac
  • n: Determination of Death

IM; /mortal is available with Cat C, F, E; do not confuse with MORTALITY, a statist concept: DEATH is the biol or physiol, psychol concept; for theory, doctrine & philosophy of death THANATOLOGY is available; for death as a result of a dis or ther or diag procedure, FATAL OUTCOME is available: see note there

Irreversible cessation of all bodily functions, manifested by absence of spontaneous breathing and total loss of cardiovascular and cerebral functions.

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