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Chemical Phenomena > Spontaneous Combustion
Environment and Public Health > Environment > Fires > Spontaneous Combustion
Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Fires > Spontaneous Combustion

Preferred term

Spontaneous Combustion  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Combustibilities, Preternatural Human
  • Combustibility, Preternatural Human
  • Human Combustibilities, Preternatural
  • Human Combustibility, Preternatural
  • Preternatural Human Combustibilities
  • Preternatural Human Combustibility

Note

  • material or human: read MeSH definition; only /hist

Scope note

  • 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)

History note

  • 95

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018605

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