The opening of the pores in the walls of the capillaries.

Dead human body used for medical purposes, including transplantation, anatomical dissection and study.

Decrease in body temperature immediately before death.

Study of death.

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

Settling of blood into the dependent tissues of the body immediately before death.

In a dying state; in the agonal period.

Irreversible cessation of all vital functions.

Escape of blood serum from an intravascular to an extravascular location immediately before death.

A record of the electrical activity of the brain.

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

A temporary condition of apparent death.

The loss of moisture from the living body during the agonal state.

Irreversible somatic death.

Death of the organism as a whole.

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

Delicate instrument used to detect almost inaudible sounds produced in the body.

A legal term referring to a dead human body, but a term not used in modern funeral service

The semi-convulsive twitches which often occur before death.