Death and Dying Terminology - Week 6

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Associated with or relating to great pain, especially the agony of death.

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agonal

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In reference to blood, a change from a fluid into a thickened mass, prior to death.

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agonal coagulation

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Increase in body temperature immediately before death.

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agonal fever

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Condition in which the manifestations of life are feebly maintained.

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apparent death

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A prolongation of the last violent contraction of the muscles into the rigidity of death.

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cadaveric spasm

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A profound or deep state of unconsciousness, where the individual is alive but unable to move or respond to his or her environment.

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coma

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The study of extremely cold temperatures and the use of cryogenic gases.

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cryogenics

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The semi-convulsive twitches which often occur before death.

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death struggle

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Body of a deceased person, including cremated remains.

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human remains

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Antemortem, physiological death of the cells of the body followed by their replacement.

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necrobiosis