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Post-mortem

After death; as, post-mortem rigidity.

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Discussion 76% connected

The act or process of discussing by breaking up, or dispersing, as a tumor, or the like.

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Examination 76% connected

The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment.

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Scrutiny 76% connected

Close examination; minute inspection; critical observation.

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Word 76% connected

The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice…

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Autopsy 92% connected

Personal observation or examination; seeing with one's own eyes; ocular view.

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Necropsy 92% connected

A post-mortem examination or inspection; an autopsy. See Autopsy.

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Audit noun · 86% connection

a methodical examination or review of a condition or situation; "he made an audit of all the plants on his property"; "an energy effic…

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Comparing noun · 86% connection

the act of examining resemblances; "they made a comparison of noise levels"; "the fractions selected for comparison must require pupil…

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Comparison noun · 86% connection

the act of examining resemblances; "they made a comparison of noise levels"; "the fractions selected for comparison must require pupil…

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Endoscopy noun · 86% connection

visual examination of the interior of a hollow body organ by use of an endoscope

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Inspection noun · 86% connection

a formal or official examination; "the platoon stood ready for review"; "we had to wait for the inspection before we could use the ele…

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Medical noun · 86% connection

a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person

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Ophthalmoscopy noun · 86% connection

examination of the interior of an eye using an ophthalmoscope

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Palpation noun · 86% connection

a method of examination in which the examiner feels the size or shape or firmness or location of something (of body parts when the exa…

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Reexamination noun · 86% connection

a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment

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Review noun · 86% connection

a formal or official examination; "the platoon stood ready for review"; "we had to wait for the inspection before we could use the ele…

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Rhinoscopy noun · 86% connection

examination of the nasal passages (either through the anterior nares or with a rhinoscope through the nasopharynx)

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Scan noun · 86% connection

the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region; "he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars"

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Search noun · 86% connection

boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas; "right of search"

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Study noun · 86% connection

a detailed critical inspection

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Survey noun · 86% connection

a detailed critical inspection

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Testing noun · 86% connection

an examination of the characteristics of something; "there are laboratories for commercial testing"; "it involved testing thousands of…

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Evaluation noun · 85% connection

act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of

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Exam noun · 85% connection

a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questi…

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Apoptosis noun · 78% connection

a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…

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Beriberi noun · 78% connection

An acute disease occurring in India, characterized by multiple inflammatory changes in the nerves, producing great muscular debility,…

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Cadaveric adjective · 78% connection

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a corpse, or the changes produced by death; cadaverous; as, cadaveric rigidity.

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Cardiac arrest noun · 78% connection

absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent ab…

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Cardiac resuscitation noun · 78% connection

an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has col…

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Cardiopulmonary arrest noun · 78% connection

absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent ab…

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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation noun · 78% connection

an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has col…

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Caspase-mediated cell death noun · 78% connection

a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…

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Catatonia noun · 78% connection

extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia

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Cell death noun · 78% connection

(physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells)

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Clostridial myonecrosis noun · 78% connection

(pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death; can be used…

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Contracture noun · 78% connection

A state of permanent rigidity or contraction of the muscles, generally of the flexor muscles.

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Coroner noun · 78% connection

An officer of the peace whose principal duty is to inquire, with the help of a jury, into the cause of any violent, sudden or mysterio…

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CPR noun · 78% connection

an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has col…

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