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Adipocre |
"Grave wax"; created by hydrolysis of fats in the wet ground. |
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Algor mortis |
The cooling of body temperature after death |
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Autolysis |
A process by which a biological cell self-destructs |
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Carrion |
The carcass of a dead and decaying animal |
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Diagenesis |
The process of chemical & physical change to bone during its conversion to rock |
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Entomology |
The scientific study of insects |
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Glaister Equation |
A equation used to determine the approx time period since death based on body temperature |
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Liver Mortis |
A purple or red discolouration of the skin caused by pooling of blood after death |
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Necrophagous |
Feeding on carrion |
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PMI |
Postmortem interval - the time elapsed since a person has died |
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Putrefaction |
The decomposition of animal proteins, especially by anaerobic microorganisms |
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Rigor Mortis |
A stiffness in the muscles that occurs shortly after |
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Saponification |
The alkaline hydrolysis of fatty acid esters; reaction of a base with fat to form soap |
