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Seance-meeting to contact deceased spirits

Secondary losses-the physical and/or symbolic losses that develop as a consequence of the death of the person you loved

Senescence-process of "growing old"

Shadow grief-grief that is not dealt with and is layered (e.g., multiple losses)

Shroud- a cloth used to wrap the body when buried

Soul-spirit

Spirit-essence of a human; life giving force

S.T.U.G.S.-Sudden Temporary Upsurges of Grief caused by such things as a song or a smell

Suicide-killing yourself

Survivor guilt-self-blame for enduring loss of a loved one

Symbolic language of the dying-the way the dying patient communicates symbolically 

Symbolic losses-psychosocial in nature; related to the psychological aspects of a person's social interactions

Terminal illness-when someone is sick and there is no cure for that illness

Thanatology-study of death

Thanatomimesis-pretending to be dead

Thanatophobia-fear of death

Toning compound-used to give a corpse a more lifelike appearance

Transmigration-a belief that the soul can pass from its current body into a new one via reincarnation

Uncomplicated mourning-normal, healthy or appropriate responses to loss

Undertaker-funeral director

Wake-to watch over the dead before they are buried

Warning signs-indicators of suicidal risk in an individual

Widow-a woman whose husband is dead

Widower-a man whose wife is dead

Will-deed disposing of one’s possessions

Winding sheet-a sheet that holds the body before a funeral

Witness grief-what happens when you are exposed to someone else's grief

Wrongful death-death caused by negligence or other wrongful acts