| postmortem clot | A clot formed in the heart or great vessels after death. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| postmortem | 1. After death; as, postmortem rigidity. Pertaining to or occurring during the period after death. 2. Colloquialism for autopsy. Postmortem examination, an examination of the body made after the death of the patient; an autopsy. Origin: post-+ L. Acc. Case of mors (mort-), death (21 Jun 2000) |
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| postmortem changes | Changes that occur in bodies after death. (12 Dec 1998) |
| postmortem delivery | Extraction of the foetus after the death of its mother. Synonym: perimortem delivery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postmortem examination | <procedure> A surgical procedure, postmortem, which involves the examination of body tissues, often to determine cause of death. (02 Jan 1998) |
| postmortem hypostasis | A purple colouration of dependent parts, except in areas of contact pressure, appearing within one half to two hours after death, as a result of gravitational movement of blood within the vessels. Synonym: postmortem hypostasis, postmortem lividity, postmortem suggillation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postmortem livedo | A purple colouration of dependent parts, except in areas of contact pressure, appearing within one half to two hours after death, as a result of gravitational movement of blood within the vessels. Synonym: postmortem hypostasis, postmortem lividity, postmortem suggillation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postmortem lividity | A purple colouration of dependent parts, except in areas of contact pressure, appearing within one half to two hours after death, as a result of gravitational movement of blood within the vessels. Synonym: postmortem hypostasis, postmortem lividity, postmortem suggillation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postmortem pustule | An obsolete term for an ulcer, usually on the knuckle, resulting from infection during a dissection or the performance of an autopsy. Spongiform pustule of Kogoj, an epidermal pustule formed by infiltration of neutrophils into necrotic epidermis in which the cell walls persist as a spongelike network; seen in pustular psoriasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postmortem rigidity | Muscular rigidity which develops in the cadaver usually from 4 to 10 hours after death and lasts 3 or 4 days. (12 Dec 1998) |
| postmortem suggillation | A purple colouration of dependent parts, except in areas of contact pressure, appearing within one half to two hours after death, as a result of gravitational movement of blood within the vessels. Synonym: postmortem hypostasis, postmortem lividity, postmortem suggillation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postmortem thrombus | A clot formed within the heart or in a blood vessel after death. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postmortem tubercle | postmortem wart |
| agonal clot | Intravascular thrombosis ascribed to the process of dying. (05 Mar 2000) |
| antemortem clot | A blood clot, found at autopsy, formed in any of the heart cavities or the great vessels before death. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blood clot | <haematology> The conversion of blood from a liquid form to solid through the process of coagulation. A thrombus is a clot which forms inside of a blood vessel. If that clot moves inside the vessel it is referred to as an embolus (embolism). The presence of atherosclerotic plaque lining blood vessel walls is a significant stimulus for clot formation. (27 Sep 1997) |