CAUSE OF DEATH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cause of death mean? 

• CAUSE OF DEATH (noun)
  The noun CAUSE OF DEATH has 1 sense:

1. the causal agent resulting in death

  Familiarity information: CAUSE OF DEATH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAUSE OF DEATH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The causal agent resulting in death

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

cause of death; killer

Context example:

heart disease is the biggest killer in the United States

Hypernyms ("cause of death" is a kind of...):

causal agency; causal agent; cause (any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results)

 Context examples 

EXAMPLE(S): The acts of determining whether an adverse event occurred, determining a diagnosis, or determining a cause of death may each be based on evaluating several test results (PerformedObservation).

(Assessed Result Relationship, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

Cardiovascular diseases are predicted to be the most common cause of death worldwide by 2020.

(Angiotensin-converting Enzyme 2 Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Sepsis is the number one cause of death in all hospital Intensive Care Units (ICUs) world-wide.

(New study sheds fresh light on the genetic mechanisms involved in sepsis, the leading cause of death in ICUs, University of Granada)

Tuberculosis (TB), an ancient disease, is the leading infectious cause of death globally, yet the world’s only licensed TB vaccine, Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG), was developed a century ago.

(Changed route of immunization dramatically improves efficacy of TB vaccine, National Institutes of Health)

A postmortem examination of the body that includes an examination of the internal organs and structures after dissection to determine the cause of death and the nature of pathological changes.

(Autopsy, NCI Thesaurus)

For those people, the most common cause of death is infection, such as pneumonia.

(Coma, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

Malaria is a major cause of death worldwide, but it is almost wiped out in the United States.

(Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. It is also a major cause of disability.

(Heart Diseases--Prevention, NIH)

This domain captures the diagnosis of the cause of death for a subject.

(Death Diagnosis Domain, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

It is the leading cause of death in the United States in both men and women.

(Coronary Artery Disease, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)