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Usually refers to the death of a horse Gone to a better place [10] To die Euphemistic: Heaven Go over the Big Ridge [11] To die Unknown Go bung [2] To die Informal Australian. Also means 'to fail' or 'to go bankrupt'. Go for a Burton: To die/break irreparably Informal British, from WWII. Go to Davy Jones's locker [2] To drown or otherwise die ...
Terminal illness or end-stage disease is a disease that cannot be cured or adequately treated and is expected to result in the death of the patient. This term is more commonly used for progressive diseases such as cancer, rather than fatal injury.
Suicide-related behaviors comprise self-harm, self-inflicted unintentional death, undetermined suicide-related behaviors, self-inflicted death with undetermined intent, suicide attempt, and suicide. Self-harm is self-inflicted, potentially injurious behavior for which there is evidence that the person had no intent to die.
Other terms used include grave, extremely critical, critical but stable, serious but stable, guarded, [3] and satisfactory. The American Hospital Association has advised doctors not to use the word "stable" either as a condition or in conjunction with another condition, especially one that is critical, as it inherently implies unpredictability ...
The over-diagnosis of psychiatric conditions (with the assignment of mental illness terminology) may relate primarily to clinician dependence on subjective criteria. [26] The assignment of pathological nomenclature is rarely a benign process and can easily rise [ clarification needed ] to the level of emotional iatrogenesis, especially when no ...
Killed: The usual international definition, as adopted by the Vienna Convention in 1968 is 'a human casualty who dies within 30 days after the collision due to injuries received in the crash'. [2] Serious injury: In 2015, the European Union defined a concept of serious injures in order to share the same definition across the whole European ...
"Mortal Wound" dictionary entry from The New World of English Words By Edward Phillips (1720).. A mortal wound is an injury that will ultimately lead to a person's death. [1] [2] Mortal refers to the mortality of a human: whether they are going to live or die. [3]
Internal bleeding (also called internal haemorrhage) is a loss of blood from a blood vessel that collects inside the body, and is not usually visible from the outside. [1] It can be a serious medical emergency but the extent of severity depends on bleeding rate and location of the bleeding (e.g. head, torso, extremities).