Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Cremation

Reducing a dead body to ashes by burning, incineration, or chemicals.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Reducing a dead body to ashes by burning, incineration, or chemicals.

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Synonyms

2 entry terms
  • Cremations
  • Cremains

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Aspects Covered

7 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, standards, statistics & numerical data.

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History Note

2009; use MORTUARY PRACTICE 1979-2008

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Previous Indexing

  • Mortuary Practice (1964-2008)

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Tree Number

  1. I01w.076w.201w.450w.550.175w

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NLM Classification

WA 847

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Cremation. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055700. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055700
  2. Cremation. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cremation
  3. Cremation. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207315