Death 2
Death 2 : Medicine. (n.) (1-a) The permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism. Five Types: Cell Death, Necrobiosis; Gangrene, Mortification, Necrosis, Sphacelus; Brain Death, Cerebral Death; Apoptosis, Caspase-Mediated Cell Death, Programmed Cell Death; Myonecrosis. Type of: Organic Phenomenon: (biology) A natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals. (1-b) The event of dying or departure from life. Syn: Decease, Expiry. Ant: Birth, Nascence, Nascency, Nativity: The event of being born. Examples: Crucifixion: The death of Jesus by crucifixion. Seven Types, See: Fatality, Human Death; Martyrdom; Megadeath; Departure, Exit, Expiration, Going, Loss, Passing, Release; Wrongful Death; Killing, Violent Death. Type of: Alteration, Change, Modification: An event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another. (1-c) The bsence of life or state of being dead. Four Types, See: Eternal Rest, Eternal Sleep, Quietus, Rest, Sleep; Defunctness, Extinction; Neonatal Death; SIDS, Cot Death, Crib Death, Infant Death, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Type of: State: The way something is with respect to its main attributes. (1-d) The time at which life ends; continuing until dead. Syn: Last. Type of: End, Ending: The point in time at which something ends. (1-e) The act of killing. Type of: Kill, Killing, Putting To Death: The act of terminating a life. (1-f) The time when something ends. Syn: Demise, Dying. Ant: Birth: The time when something begins (especially life). Types: Grave: Death of a person. Type of: End, Ending: The point in time at which something ends. (1-g) A final state. Syn: Destruction, End. Type of: State: The way something is with respect to its main attributes
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