cause of death

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cause of death

noun 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.

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noun official cause of a human death

Españolcausa de la muerte
한국어사인 sain, 사망원인 samang'wonin
日本語死因 shiin
中文死因 sǐyīn
Françaiscause de la mort, cause du décès
DeutschTodesursache
Italianocausa di morte
Русскийпричи́на сме́рти pričína smérti
العربيةسَبَب مَوْت sabab mawt, سَبَب وَفَاة sabab wafāh

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@misc{cause_of_death_2026,
  title = {cause of death},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cause%20of%20death},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}