Taber's Medical Dictionary
exhumation
(ĕks″hū-mā′shŭn )
[L. ex, out, + humus, earth]
Removal of a dead body from the grave after it has been buried.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Exhumation." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756768/all/exhumation.
Exhumation. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756768/all/exhumation. Accessed May 19, 2026.
Exhumation. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756768/all/exhumation
Exhumation [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 May 19]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756768/all/exhumation.
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