Quickie Lingo
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Near
death experience (NDE)-this is an occurrence that happens when an
individuals dies and is brought back to life
Necrobiosis-decay; death
Necrogeneus-growing on dead tissues
Necrolatry-worshipping corpses
Necromancy-communicating with the dead in order to predict the
future or perform black magic
Necrophagous-feeing on corpses
Necrophilia-death obsession; erotic attraction to corpses
Necrophilous-a fungi or beetle that feeds on the dead
Necropolis-"City of the Dead"; cemetery
Necrosis-tissue death
Negative or zero population growth-where the death and birth rates
are equal
Neomort-keeping brain dead bodies alive with machines
Neurological standard (a test for death)-checking for a loss of
brain functions
Neurosuspension-a cryonic preservation of the brains while still in
the head
Obituary-printed announcement of a person’s death
Organ and tissue donation-giving part of a corpse to the living
Orphan-a child whose parents are dead
Out-of-body
experience (OBE)-when a person is outside of their physical body (can
occur with NDE) or not
Overlap-keeping a corpses eyes closed by putting the top lid over
the bottom one
Pall-covering on a casket during a funeral or covering the casket
itself
Palliative
care-medical term for hospice
Parabiosis-Infusion of young blood to extend life
Passive
euthanasia-deliberate disconnection of life-support or any
life-sustaining medical procedure or stopping food and water or not
delivering CPR
Past lives-according to reincarnation it is the existence one had
before the present one
Pathologist-
a physician whose specialty is the study of corpses
Patient
Self-Determination Act-a federal act requiring the health care givers
to ask people if they have a living will or other instructions that should
be followed in the even of a life threatening situation
Patricide-the killing of one's father
Physical
loss-the loss of tangible items that can be touched; these losses are
easily recognized because they are not physically there any longer
Physician-assisted
suicide-when a doctor provides a lethal drug to a dying patient so
that they may end their life
Plagium-body snatching
Posthumous/Postmortem-after death
Postmortem stain-a discoloration from blood color seeping into skin
Preneed-retaining funeral services prior to death
Preparation room-embalming room
Presumed consent-the ability to remove transplant parts if there is
no objection
Probate-process of working through a will (i.e., verifying, paying
bills, distributing property)
Pulverization-grinding of bone fragments after cremation;
processing
Putrefaction-bacterial destruction of a corpse
Quality of life-state of individual well-being/functioning
Rabbit paw-used to apply rogue to the dead
Rational suicide-suicide based on logical reasoning and the
autonomous choice to end life, usually due to unendurable suffering
Regicide-the killing of a king
Reincarnation-to live again in a different body/being
Remains-body parts left after death
Restorative art-embalmers and cosmeticians who make a body look
restored
Resuscitate-bring back to life
Resurrection-rise from the dead
Right-to-die-a
belief that it is an individuals right to choose end-of-life
decisions
Rigor mortis-stiffing of body after death
Ritual-pattern of activity associated with a life crisis that
regulates behavior