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Descriptor
English
:
Spontaneous Combustion
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Combustión Espontánea
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Combustão Espontânea
Synonyms
English
:
Preternatural Human Combustibility
Tree Number:
G02.149.767.830
G02.842.750.830
N06.230.216.750
SP8.473.654.412.072.155.230.063
SP8.473.654.412.072.155.272.030
Definition
English
:
A circumstance where a substance or organism takes
fire
and
burns
without an exogenous source. Spontaneous human
combustion
differs from preternatural human combustibility in that in the latter, some spark or trivial
flame
sets the
fire
and the body
tissues
, which have a greatly enhanced inflammability, continue to undergo
incineration
without any external heat source or combustible
materials
. (Bergman NA. Spontaneous human
combustion
: its
role
in
literature
and
science
. Pharos 1988;Fall;51(4):18-21)
Indexing Annotation
English
:
material or human: read MeSH definition; only /hist
History Note
English
:
95
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
HI
history
Record Number:
32018
Unique Identifier:
D018605
Occurrence in VHL
:
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