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HUMAN BODY FRAGMENTS [1 record]

Record 1 2012-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
  • Law of Evidence
  • Police
  • Emergency Management
DEF

The anatomical parts of a body that are recovered individually at an incident site.

OBS

body parts; fragments of body; fragments: terms often used by specialists when referring to human remains.

OBS

human remains; remains: terms and definition standardized by the Canadian Capability-Based Planning Terminology Committee and the Translation Bureau.

Key term(s)
  • body part
  • body fragment
  • human body fragment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Police
  • Gestion des urgences
DEF

Parties anatomiques d'un corps qui sont récupérées individuellement sur un lieu d'incident.

OBS

parties de corps; fragments de corps; fragments : termes souvent utilisés par les spécialistes pour désigner des restes humains.

OBS

restes humains; restes : termes et définition normalisés par le Comité de terminologie de la planification axée sur les capacités au Canada et le Bureau de la traduction.

Key term(s)
  • partie de corps
  • fragment de corps
  • fragment humain
  • fragment

Spanish

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