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cause of death

cause of death noun: the official cause of a human death as typically determined by a coroner during an autopsy and included on the death certificate of a deceased person.

Noun

cause of death (plural causes of death)

  1. The official cause of a human death as typically determined by a coroner during an autopsy and included on the death certificate of a deceased person.
    • Cancers are common diseases; in the aggregate, they are among the leading causes of death nationally and worldwide, and their incidence is increasing as the population ages.2015 February 26, Francis S. Collins, Harold Varmus, “A New Initiative on Precision Medicine”, in The New England Journal of Medicine, volume 372, number 9, →DOI, pages 793–794

cause of death meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Arabic and Persian

cause of death in Tamil

இறப்புக் காரணம்

cause of death in Kannada

ಮರಣಕಾರಣ

cause of death in Arabic

official cause of a human death
سَبَب مَوْت sabab mawt, سَبَب وَفَاة sabab wafāh

cause of death in Persian

official cause of a human death
علت مرگ 'ellat-e marg

Forms of cause of death

pluralcauses of death

Questions about cause of death

What does cause of death mean?
Cause of death means the official cause of a human death as typically determined by a coroner during an autopsy and included on the death certificate of a deceased person.
What is cause of death in Tamil?
Cause of death in Tamil is இறப்புக் காரணம். See Cause of death meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cause of death?
Cause of death is a noun.
What is the plural of cause of death?
The plural of cause of death is causes of death.

Words near cause of death in the dictionary

  1. cause a stir
  2. cause and effect
  3. cause celebre
  4. cause célèbre
  5. cause of action
  6. cause of death
  7. caused
  8. caused a stir
  9. causedness
  10. causedst
  11. causee

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