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A dagger, obelisk, or obelus † is a typographical mark that usually indicates a footnote if an asterisk has already been used. [1] The symbol is also used to indicate death (of people) or extinction (of species or languages). [2] It is one of the modern descendants of the obelus, a mark used historically by scholars as a critical or ...
Floruit. Floruit (/ ˈflɔːru.ɪt /; [1] abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for " flourished ") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. [1][2] In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicating the time when someone flourished. [1]
Typically used when the person's dates of birth and death are unknown. [1] f. (singular) ff. (plural) folio, foliis "and following" This abbreviation is used in citations to indicate an unspecified number of pages following the specified page. Example: "see page 258ff." ibid. ibidem "in the same place" (book, etc.)" [1] The abbreviation is used ...
Hours under 10 should have a leading zero (08:15). The time 00:00 refers to midnight at the start of a date, 12:00 to noon, and 24:00 to midnight at the end of a date, but 24 should not be used for the first hour of the next day (e.g. use 00:10 for ten minutes after midnight, not 24:10).
diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide. DLE. disseminated lupus erythematosus (systemic lupus erythematosus) DLI. donor lymphocyte infusion. DLP. dyslipoproteinemia [1] DM. diabetes mellitus, Dermatomyositis.
Post-mortem phenomena to estimate the time of death. The post-mortem interval (PMI) is the time that has elapsed since an individual's death. [1] When the time of death is not known, the interval may be estimated, and so an approximate time of death established. Postmortem interval estimations can range from hours, to days or even years ...
Eddie August Schneider's (1911–1940) death certificate, issued in New York.. A death certificate is either a legal document issued by a medical practitioner which states when a person died, or a document issued by a government civil registration office, that declares the date, location and cause of a person's death, as entered in an official register of deaths.
Death. The human skull is used universally as a symbol of death. Death is the end of life; the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism. [1] The remains of a former organism normally begin to decompose shortly after death. [2]