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Autopsy and Death

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Difference between Autopsy and Death

Autopsy vs. Death

An autopsy (post-mortem examination, obduction, necropsy, or autopsia cadaverum) is a highly specialized surgical procedure that consists of a thorough examination of a corpse by dissection to determine the cause and manner of death or to evaluate any disease or injury that may be present for research or educational purposes. Death is the cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism.

Similarities between Autopsy and Death

Autopsy and Death have 19 things in common (in Unionpedia): Accident, Afterlife, Cadaver, Death certificate, Disease, Embalming, Funeral, Homicide, Infection, Injury, Lung, Medicine, Mummy, Murder, Next of kin, Pathology, Physical examination, Suicide, Tissue (biology).

Accident

An accident, also known as an unintentional injury, is an undesirable, incidental, and unplanned event that could have been prevented had circumstances leading up to the accident been recognized, and acted upon, prior to its occurrence.

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Afterlife

Afterlife (also referred to as life after death or the hereafter) is the belief that an essential part of an individual's identity or the stream of consciousness continues to manifest after the death of the physical body.

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Cadaver

A cadaver, also referred to as a corpse (singular) in medical, literary, and legal usage, or when intended for dissection, is a deceased body.

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Death certificate

The phrase death certificate can refer either to a document issued by a medical practitioner certifying the deceased state of a person or, popularly, to a document issued by a person such as a registrar of vital statistics that declares the date, location and cause of a person's death as later entered in an official register of deaths.

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Disease

A disease is any condition which results in the disorder of a structure or function in an organism that is not due to any external injury.

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Embalming

Embalming is the art and science of preserving human remains by treating them (in its modern form with chemicals) to forestall decomposition.

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Funeral

A funeral is a ceremony connected with the burial, cremation, or interment of a corpse, or the burial (or equivalent) with the attendant observances.

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Homicide

Homicide is the act of one human killing another.

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Infection

Infection is the invasion of an organism's body tissues by disease-causing agents, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to the infectious agents and the toxins they produce.

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Injury

Injury, also known as physical trauma, is damage to the body caused by external force.

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Lung

The lungs are the primary organs of the respiratory system in humans and many other animals including a few fish and some snails.

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Medicine

Medicine is the science and practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.

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Mummy

A mummy is a deceased human or an animal whose skin and organs have been preserved by either intentional or accidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold, very low humidity, or lack of air, so that the recovered body does not decay further if kept in cool and dry conditions.

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Murder

Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human being with malice aforethought.

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Next of kin

A person's next of kin (NOK) is that person's closest living blood relative or relatives.

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Pathology

Pathology (from the Ancient Greek roots of pathos (πάθος), meaning "experience" or "suffering" and -logia (-λογία), "study of") is a significant field in modern medical diagnosis and medical research, concerned mainly with the causal study of disease, whether caused by pathogens or non-infectious physiological disorder.

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Physical examination

A physical examination, medical examination, or clinical examination (more popularly known as a check-up) is the process by which a medical professional investigates the body of a patient for signs of disease.

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Suicide

Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death.

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Tissue (biology)

In biology, tissue is a cellular organizational level between cells and a complete organ.

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Autopsy and Death Comparison

Autopsy has 145 relations, while Death has 303. As they have in common 19, the Jaccard index is 4.24% = 19 / (145 + 303).

References

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