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How Has the Definition of Death Changed Over the Years

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How has the definition of death changed over the years? What complications has this created for the American way of dying?


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Genes

The basic physical and functional units of heredity, made up of DNA, that determine the characteristics and traits of organisms.

Genotype

The genetic constitution of an individual organism, comprising all the hereditary information.

Conception

The process of the sperm fertilizing the ovum, resulting in the formation of a zygote, the earliest developmental stage of the embryo.

Zygote

The initial cell formed when a sperm cell fertilizes an egg cell, marking the beginning of pregnancy.

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