Diseases

Decapitation

Traumatic or experimentally induced separation of the head from the body in an animal or human.

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Abstract

Traumatic or experimentally induced separation of the head from the body in an animal or human.

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  • Decapitations

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2005

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Decapitation. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D049248. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D049248
  2. Decapitation. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapitation
  3. Decapitation. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q204933