Organism Function
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death [ deth ]
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Pathologic Processes
Definitions related to cessation of life:
  • (death) The absence of life or state of being dead.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • (death) Cessation of life; permanent cessation of all vital bodily functions.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (death) Irreversible cessation of all bodily functions, manifested by absence of spontaneous breathing and total loss of cardiovascular and cerebral functions.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Death, the total cessation of life processes that eventually occurs in all living organisms. The state of human death has always been obscured by mystery and superstition, and its precise definition remains controversial, differing according to culture and legal systems. During the latter half of...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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