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On the U.S. National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health MedlinePlus encylopedia, [*http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002912.htm#Definition ""death"" is not used]:  ""removing the fetus and placenta from the uterus"".  Under description, ""remove the tissues (fetus and placenta) from the uterus"". "