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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the causal agent resulting in death
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- heart disease is the biggest killer in the United States
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: killer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: causal agent, cause, causal agency
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
سَبَب مَوْت
(sabab mawt)
— official cause of a human death
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Arabic:
سَبَب وَفَاة
(sabab wafāh)
— official cause of a human death
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Belarusian:
прычы́на сме́рці
(pryčýna smjérci)
— official cause of a human death
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Bulgarian:
причи́на за смъртта́
(pričína za smǎrttá)
— official cause of a human death
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Chinese Mandarin:
死因
(sǐyīn)
— official cause of a human death
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Czech:
příčina smrti
— official cause of a human death
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Czech:
příčina úmrtí
— official cause of a human death
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Danish:
dødsårsag
— official cause of a human death
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Dutch:
doodsoorzaak
— official cause of a human death
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Finnish:
kuolinsyy
— official cause of a human death
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Finnish:
kuolemansyy
— official cause of a human death
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French:
cause de la mort
— official cause of a human death
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French:
cause du décès
— official cause of a human death
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German:
Todesursache
— official cause of a human death
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Italian:
causa di morte
— official cause of a human death
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Japanese:
死因
(shiin)
— official cause of a human death
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Korean:
사인
(sain)
— official cause of a human death
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Korean:
사망원인
(samang'wonin)
— official cause of a human death
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Lushootseed:
tiʔiɬ dəxwuʔatəbəds əlgwəʔ
— official cause of a human death
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Macedonian:
при́чина за смрт
(príčina za smrt)
— official cause of a human death
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Norwegian Bokmål:
dødsårsak
— official cause of a human death
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
dødsårsak
— official cause of a human death
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Persian:
علت مرگ
('ellat-e marg)
— official cause of a human death
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Polish:
przyczyna śmierci
— official cause of a human death
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Russian:
причи́на сме́рти
(pričína smérti)
— official cause of a human death
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Slovak:
príčina úmrtia
— official cause of a human death
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Slovak:
príčina smrti
— official cause of a human death
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Spanish:
causa de la muerte
— official cause of a human death
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Swedish:
dödsorsak
— official cause of a human death
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Ukrainian:
причи́на сме́рті
(pryčýna smérti)
— official cause of a human death
