"mechanism of death" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mechanisms of death [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|mechanisms of death}} mechanism of death (plural mechanisms of death)
  1. The proximate cause of a person's death relating to the biological processes (rather than external cause) that lead to decease. Categories (topical): Death Related terms: cause of death, manner of death
    Sense id: en-mechanism_of_death-en-noun-Xe1uvKW- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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