He knew not why. There in the black darkness by the side of the body, he remembered everything without a shock.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

After the service, family members and friends go to the gravesite where the body is buried or placed in a tomb.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

Last Friday he suffered a torn aorta, a large artery that carries blood from the heart to the body.

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Catheters are placed inside the body to collect waste fluids, so the patient does not have to get out of bed.

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A tube is placed inside the body to collect urine, so the patient does not have to get out of bed.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

It seemed as if a heavy body was thrown against the table with a force that pushed against his chest.

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A few years later, his family received permission to move the body to a cemetery in the city of Baltimore.

VOA: special.2010.01.07

Robert Pinksy says poetry is also like dance -- an art form where the medium is the human body itself.

VOA: special.2011.01.31

Things cannot be as bad as they seem." He stood over the body of his wife in the disappearing light.

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This is called a wake. The body is placed in a special burial box called a casket or coffin.

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If several of these conditions are present at the same time, a person's body temperature may rise above safe levels.

VOA: special.2010.07.27

The experts said some plant chemicals are high in antioxidants -- substances that remove harmful chemicals from the body.

VOA: special.2009.05.19

I then took up three pieces of wood from the flooring, and placed his body parts under the room.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

An extremely low body temperature can cause the heart to beat so slowly that a pulse may be difficult to find.

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