body donation
Posthumous anatomical bequest
Body donation is the act of giving one's corpse to medical science after death, typically for anatomical study, surgical training, or research.
Unlike organ donation, which harvests specific parts for transplant, body donation involves the whole cadaver: She arranged for body donation to the university's medical school.
The process usually requires advance registration with an institution.
- cadaverBody for dissection
- organBody's working component
- next of kinNearest living family members
- anatomyStudy of organism structure
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
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- funeralsfuneral, burial, cremation, casket, coffin
- burial lawburial plots, burial grounds, burial records, disinterment, home burial
- anatomybrain, heart, bones, liver, stomach
- deathdead, deceased, corpse, mortality, demise
- funeralfuneral, burial, funeral home, funeral director, casket
- burialburial, cremation, interment, grave, entombment
body donationcremation
Burning the deceased
entombment · mummification · green burial · natural burial · embalming
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