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| | Weld County Coroner's Terms and Definitions |
 | | Cause of death - the disease or injury that initiates a chain of events, brief or prolonged, which produces a fatal outcome. |
 | | Mechanism of death - the final physiologic derangement, incompatible with continued life, produced by the cause of death, e.g. |
 | | Manner of death - a classification of the way in which the cause of death came about, specifically, natural, homicidal, suicidal or accidental. |
| www.co.weld.co.us /departments/coroner/coroner_Terms.html (154 words) |
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