body identification
Naming the deceased
Body identification is the process of establishing who a deceased person is, typically through forensic methods such as dental records, fingerprints, DNA analysis, or visual recognition by family members.
The term appears in contexts of mass casualties, criminal investigations, or disasters: Body identification efforts continued at the crash site.
The coroner's office handles body identification for the county.
- forensicPertaining to legal investigation
- crime sceneLocation of an offense
- morgueCorpse holding facility
- body bagContainer for transporting corpses
- fingerprintFriction ridge impression
dental records · DNA · coroner · remains · cadaver · tattoo · birthmark · scar · toe tag · next of kin · mass casualty · pathologist · cause of death · decomposition · skeletal · facial reconstruction · evidence · victim
- forensic pathologyautopsy, coroner, medical examiner, cause of death, pathologist
- forensicsDNA, DNA analysis, fingerprints, forensics, criminalistics
- postmortemspostmortem, post-mortem, autopsy, necropsy, postmortem exam
- death recordsdeath certificate, death record, death certificates, vital records, death notice
- forensic evidenceDNA evidence, fingerprints, DNA, blood, DNA testing
- medical lawmalpractice, medical liability, informed consent, medical licensing, medical negligence
body identificationautopsy
Medical examination after death
post-mortem examination · forensic pathology · death investigation
body identificationidentity verification
Confirming someone's claimed self
biometric authentication · suspect identification · facial recognition · personal identification · biometric screening
bodies, bodily, bodied, embody, embodied, embodiment, embodying, disembodied, identify