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The act or process of cutting off the head of a person or animal. Removal of the head, usually the head of a dead fetus to enable delivery to take place. This procedure is very rare nowadays, being undertaken only in dire circumstances when the fetal head is too large to pass through the birth…

The removal of a tracheostomy tube. The removal of a cannula.  

A trade name for dexamethasone.  

A disease which makes the person weak.  

To make someone or something weak.  

An official document signed by a doctor stating that a person has died and giving details of the person and the cause of death. Only a licensed physician can fill out and sign a death certificate, which is needed before burial or disposal of the person’s remains. A death certificate is also necessary for collecting…

To remove an amino group from an amino acid, forming ammonia.  

To make someone deaf for a time.  

A breath in the last part of the process of breathing in air which does not get further than the bronchial tubes. The exchange of oxygen, carbon dioxide and other gases from air to bloodstream only occurs in the alveoli of the lungs, the tiny air sacs at the end of the bronchial tree. That…