Apparent death is a behavior in which animals take on the appearance of being dead. It is an immobile state most often triggered by a predatory attack... 48 KB (5,447 words) - 17:54, 29 April 2024 |
Earth Heir apparent, a person who is first in line of succession Apparent death, an antipredator behavior known as playing dead Apparent wind, a wind... 559 bytes (113 words) - 06:16, 16 April 2023 |
A death rattle is noisy breathing that often occurs in someone who is near death. It is caused by an accumulation of fluids such as saliva and bronchial... 4 KB (406 words) - 04:56, 6 January 2024 |
A death erection, angel lust, rigor erectus, or terminal erection is a post-mortem erection, technically a priapism, observed in the corpses of men who... 9 KB (1,142 words) - 00:39, 2 April 2024 |
An heir apparent (FEM: heiress apparent) or simply heir is a person who is first in an order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by... 70 KB (2,332 words) - 02:55, 7 April 2024 |
date, location and cause of a person's death, as entered in an official register of deaths. An official death certificate is usually required to be provided... 9 KB (933 words) - 16:09, 10 April 2024 |
Clinical death is the medical term for cessation of blood circulation and breathing, the two criteria necessary to sustain the lives of human beings and... 23 KB (2,619 words) - 01:36, 2 November 2023 |
in his imminent death was the cause of his death itself. Apparent death Broken heart syndrome Death by laughter List of unusual deaths Nocebo Stress (biological)... 18 KB (2,449 words) - 02:43, 28 February 2024 |
Cell death is the event of a biological cell ceasing to carry out its functions. This may be the result of the natural process of old cells dying and... 14 KB (1,667 words) - 11:50, 4 April 2024 |
A death threat is a threat, often made anonymously, by one person or a group of people to kill another person or group of people. These threats are often... 5 KB (529 words) - 10:33, 10 April 2024 |
Dignified death, death with dignity, dying with dignity or dignity in dying is an ethical concept that refers to the end-of-life process avoiding suffering... 2 KB (230 words) - 22:49, 15 April 2024 |
Brain death is the permanent, irreversible, and complete loss of brain function which may include cessation of involuntary activity necessary to sustain... 24 KB (2,785 words) - 19:59, 16 April 2024 |
A death anniversary (or deathday) is the anniversary of the death of a person. It is the opposite of birthday. It is a custom in several Asian cultures... 14 KB (1,526 words) - 10:55, 22 April 2024 |
A faked death, also called a staged death, is the act of an individual purposely deceiving other people into believing that the individual is dead, when... 50 KB (5,696 words) - 15:28, 21 April 2024 |
A death knell is the ringing of a church bell to announce the death of a person. Historically,[where?][when?] it was the second of three bells rung around... 8 KB (1,015 words) - 08:33, 4 January 2024 |
classical Freudian psychoanalytic theory, the death drive (German: Todestrieb) is the drive toward death and destruction, often expressed through behaviors... 32 KB (4,086 words) - 19:21, 15 October 2023 |
community, the apparent death and subsequent return of a long-running character is often called a comic book death. A comic book death is generally not... 14 KB (1,444 words) - 02:47, 8 March 2024 |
In many legal jurisdictions, the manner of death is a determination, typically made by the coroner, medical examiner, police, or similar officials, and... 14 KB (1,565 words) - 18:17, 6 February 2024 |
death is the recognition under the law of a particular jurisdiction that a person is no longer alive. In most cases, a doctor's declaration of death (variously... 19 KB (2,247 words) - 03:10, 6 February 2024 |
Death from laughter is an extremely rare form of death, usually resulting from either cardiac arrest or asphyxiation, that has itself been caused by a... 14 KB (1,649 words) - 02:30, 11 April 2024 |
Death row, also known as condemned row, is a place in a prison that houses inmates awaiting execution after being convicted of a capital crime and sentenced... 35 KB (2,653 words) - 01:53, 26 April 2024 |
Symbols of death are the motifs, images and concepts associated with death throughout different cultures, religions and societies. Various images are... 8 KB (1,011 words) - 15:12, 8 December 2023 |
Death flights (Spanish: vuelos de la muerte) are a form of extrajudicial killing in which the victims are dropped to their death from airplanes or helicopters... 27 KB (2,800 words) - 12:15, 5 April 2024 |