decedent
/dɪˈsiːd(ə)nt
/noun US Law
A deceased person.Taxes on inheritance were more favorable to legitimate than to illegitimate children of the decedent....
- We excluded hospitals with fewer than 100 decedents with data for physician claims, leaving 77 hospital cohorts.
- We selected never smoking decedents and controls aged 60 years or over because there were few younger controls.
Origin
Late 16th century: from Latin decedent- 'dying', from the verb decedere (see decease).
Rhymes
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- waterlogged
- Waterloo
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- Waterloo, Battle of
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- water lot
- water louse