Post-mortem photography is the practice of photographing the recently deceased. Various cultures use and have used this practice, though the best-studied...
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Look up post mortem in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Post-mortem (meaning "after death") is short for "post-mortem examination", or autopsy, an examination...
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The post-mortem interval (PMI) is the time that has elapsed since an individual's death. When the time of death is not known, the interval may be estimated...
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Autopsy (redirect from Post-mortem examination)
An autopsy (also referred to as post-mortem examination, obduction, necropsy, or autopsia cadaverum) is a surgical procedure that consists of a thorough...
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purposes of identification. This function was later replaced by post-mortem photography. When taken from a living subject, such a cast is called a life...
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Post-mortem chemistry, also called necrochemistry or death chemistry, is a subdiscipline of chemistry in which the chemical structures, reactions, processes...
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Cadaveric spasm (redirect from Post mortem spasm)
has developed There must be adequate and continuous documentation of post mortem changes in respect to the lividity of the deceased The scene of the death...
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death erection, angel lust, rigor erectus, or terminal erection is a post-mortem erection, technically a priapism, observed in the corpses of men who...
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are necessary to discover the cause of death, this includes ordering a post-mortem examination, obtaining witness statements and medical records, or holding...
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death'), the third stage of death, is the change in body temperature post mortem, until the ambient temperature is matched. This is generally a steady...
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