Meaning of zoothapsis | Babel Free

Definitions

premature burial

archaic, nonce-word, uncountable

Examples

“In Great Britain, where the custom is to keep the body above ground so long, that evidences of putrid decomposition usually present themselves before interment, but little danger can exist; and consequently, the subject of zoothapsis has scarcely received due attention from the medico-legal writers of that country.”

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