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Critical
a terms used for residents that are dangerously or terminally ill
Denial
a defense mechanism in which an occurrence or observation is refused recognition as reality in order to avoid anxiety or pain
Diaphoresis
profuse sweating or perspiration
Morbid
characterized by disease or abnormality
Postmortem
after (post) death (mortem)
Rigor Mortis
the stiffening of a dead body
Sacrament of the sick
last rights given by a clergyman to a person who is terminally ill
Shroud
drape used for postmortem care
Terminal illness
an illness or injury for which there is no reasonable expectation of recovery