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natural causes

natural causes noun: causes such as illness or disease, as opposed to direct external forces.

Noun

natural causes pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only, usually) Causes such as illness or disease, as opposed to direct external forces.
    • Some military casualties are by natural causes and accidents.
    • The medical examiner determined that he had died of natural causes.

Questions about natural causes

What does natural causes mean?
Natural causes means causes such as illness or disease, as opposed to direct external forces.
What part of speech is natural causes?
Natural causes is a noun.

Words near natural causes in the dictionary

  1. natural astrology
  2. natural birth
  3. natural births
  4. natural burial
  5. natural burials
  6. natural causes
  7. natural child
  8. natural children
  9. natural convection
  10. natural convections
  11. natural deduction

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