Usually means: Decomposition of a body externally.
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  1. apocarteresis: Wiktionary
  2. apocarteresis: Dictionary.com
  3. apocarteresis: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words

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  1. apocarteresis: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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▸ noun:  suicide by starvation

Similar:
overstarvation, autoasphyxia, self-mutilation, asphyxiation, autophagia, acoria, acathexis, acarbia, hypercatharsis, acathexia, more...

Opposite:
synecdoche, metonymy, merism, holonymy, antonomasia

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Similar:
overstarvation, autoasphyxia, self-mutilation, asphyxiation, autophagia, acoria, acathexis, acarbia, hypercatharsis, acathexia, more...

Opposite:
synecdoche, metonymy, merism, holonymy, antonomasia



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