thanatography

thanatography
  n. description of person's death.
   ♦ thanatognomonic, a. indicating death.
   ♦ thanatoid, a. apparently dead.
   ♦ thanatology, n. study, description or theory of death.
   ♦ thanatophidian, n. venomous snake.
   ♦ thanatopsis, n. meditation on death.
   ♦ thanatosis, n. necrosis; state imitating death.
   ♦ thanatousia, n. funeral rites.

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  • thanatography — noun An account, usually written, of the death of a person …   Wiktionary

  • thanatography — 1. A description of one s symptoms and thoughts while dying. 2. A treatise on death. [thanato + G. graphe, a writing] …   Medical dictionary

  • thanatography — thanatogˈraphy noun A narrative of a death • • • Main Entry: ↑thanato …   Useful english dictionary

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