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v. - Dig up for reburial or for medical investigation.

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  • I was told a story about human remains disinterred by archeologists working on a local development.
  • Trackback Address disinter on August 22, 2009 said:
  • It's time to disinter the heart of early soap opera!
  • "Then you purpose to disinter your brother's body at once?"
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  • They had to "disinter" (to remove a body from a grave) the body to determine whether the cause of death was "dysentery" (a serious disease of the lower intestine) or cancer.
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