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Critical
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a terms used for residents that are dangerously or terminally ill
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Denial
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a defense mechanism in which an occurrence or observation is refused recognition as reality in order to avoid anxiety or pain
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Diaphoresis
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profuse sweating or perspiration
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Morbid
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characterized by disease or abnormality
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Postmortem
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after (post) death (mortem)
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Rigor Mortis
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the stiffening of a dead body
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Sacrament of the sick
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last rights given by a clergyman to a person who is terminally ill
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Shroud
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drape used for postmortem care
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Terminal illness
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an illness or injury for which there is no reasonable expectation of recovery
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