EXHUMATION
\ɛɡzjuːmˈe͡ɪʃən], \ɛɡzjuːmˈeɪʃən], \ɛ_ɡ_z_j_uː_m_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of EXHUMATION
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- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
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- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Act of exhuming: disinterment.
By Daniel Lyons
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The disinterment of a corpse. The circumstances which render this necessary are :-1. Judicial investigations relative to the body of the person inhumed. 2. The removal of a body from one cemetery to another; and, 3. The evacuation of cemeteries or sepulchral vaults. The operation is attended with much unpleasant smell and annoyance, and requires the use of disinfecting agents, of which the most powerful is chlorinated lime. See Disinfection. The putrid effluvia from animal substances are not, however, found to excite endemic disease.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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