what is death?
death is the irreversible and inevitable end of all living things.
types of death clinical death: when the heart and breathing stops for a short amount of time, often reversible with medical intervention (e.g., cpr).
biological death: when all the cells in the body die and can’t work anymore. It’s permanent and irreversible.
brain death: when the brain stops working permanently. this means there is no brain activity and it’s irreversible. cell death: when cells in your body stop working and die. legal death: when someone is declared dead according to the law. this usually happens with a death certificate after a doctor confirms it or, in some cases, a court declares it if there’s no body but enough proof (e.g, if someone’s been missing for a long time). It’s how the law makes it official for things like inheritance or closing accounts.
sudden death: when someone dies unexpectedly and without warning, often due to a hidden medical issue.
causes of death natural causes: when someone dies because their body stops working due to aging, illness, or something happening naturally inside them, not because of an accident or injury.
accidental death: when someone dies due to an unintentional event, like a car crash, falling, or another kind of accident. homicide: when someone kills another person on purpose or by accident. suicide: intentional self-inflicted death. undetermined: when experts don’t have enough information to know the cause of death.
signs of death
stages of death