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causes of death

causes of death is the plural of cause of death.

Meaning of cause of death

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

Questions about causes of death

What is causes of death the plural of?
Causes of death is the plural of cause of death.

Words near causes of death in the dictionary

  1. causes
  2. causes a stir
  3. causes and effects
  4. causes célèbres
  5. causes of action
  6. causes of death
  7. causest
  8. causet
  9. causeth
  10. causets
  11. causeuse

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