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antemortem [¦an·tē¦mȯr·dəm] (medicine) Before death. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In industrialized countries, diagnosis of rabies in animals is achieved by using rabies-specific fluoresce-in-conjugated antibody to detect viral antigen in brain smears; however, antemortem diagnosis in humans must rely on less-invasive methods. Thus, an individual may have a number of what appear to be bloodless postmortem injuries, which actually are antemortem or agonal and the cause of the person's demise. Identification of unknown human remains by comparison of antemortem and postmortem radiographs. |
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