exitus
1
9.9
An official note of a patient's death in medical records
- noun
- /ˈɛksɪtəs/
- Archaic
:
fallecimiento
- The team's report discussed the exitus of the clinical trial and its implications.
Examples
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The immediate result was exitus letalis: lethal consequences!
Fiction book (1997) -
The doctor confirmed the patient's exitus after a long battle with illness.
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In medical discussions, exitus often refers to the final stages of a disease.
Synonyms
death
vsexitus
∞
1.0
The end of a living thing's life
is specialized medical usage focusing on disease process rather than general life ending
3
7.7
The end of a person's life when they stop living
is used in medical contexts to mark the disease process ending
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Etymology
Exitus comes from Latin parts ex- ('out') and ire ('to go'), so it means a 'going out'. A helpful way to remember the medical use is to think of death as the final 'going out' of life, which is why doctors use exitus to record death or the end of an illness.