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Main Entry: doc·i·ma·sia
Pronunciation: "däs-&-'mA-zh(E-)&
Function: noun
: determination as to whether a dead infant wasstillborn by placing the body in water in which it sinks unless the infant has expanded the lungs in respiration
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