Injury or Poisoning
decapitation Audio
de·cap·i·ta·tion [ dih-kap-i-tey-shun ]
Subclass of:
Wounds, Penetrating
Definitions related to decapitation:
  • A method of euthanasia whereby a subject's head is removed from the body.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • A method of euthanization whereby a subject's head is removed from the body.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Traumatic or experimentally induced separation of the head from the body in an animal or human.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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