corpses
Morgue's silent occupants
Corpses is the plural of corpse—dead bodies, especially of humans.
The word appears in contexts ranging from crime scenes to battlefields to horror fiction: Corpses littered the field after the battle.
Unlike "bodies," which can refer to living people, corpses are unambiguously dead.
Body for dissection
- rigor mortisPostmortem muscular rigidity
- decompositionBreakdown into simpler parts
- autopsyMedical examination after death
- morgueCorpse holding facility
lividity · putrefaction · time of death · postmortem · forensic pathology · body bag · medical examiner · coroner
Service honoring the dead
- coffinBurial container for remains
- casketBurial container
- graveSerious and worrying
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
burial · cremation · mortuary · embalming · wake · shroud · tomb · interment
Reanimated dead body
- undeadDeceased yet animate
- reanimationRestoration of life
- ghoulUndead flesh-eating demon
- necromancyCommunicating with the deceased
resurrection · walking dead · haunting · macabre · grotesque · supernatural · revenant · possession
Those killed or wounded
- fallenHaving dropped down
- slainKilled, often violently
- carnageWidespread violent death
- aftermathResults following an event
body count · mass grave · war dead · battlefield · atrocity · genocide · massacre · trenches
Study of organism structure
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
- cadaver labFacility for studying bodies
- medical schoolPhysician training institution
- donorOne who contributes freely
specimen · preservation · formaldehyde · teaching · body donation · plastination · medical training · tissue
cadaver
Body for dissection
- rigor mortisPostmortem muscular rigidity
- decompositionBreakdown into simpler parts
- autopsyMedical examination after death
morgue · lividity · putrefaction · time of death · postmortem · forensic pathology · body bag · medical examiner · coroner · toxicology
funeral
Service honoring the dead
cemetery · burial · cremation · mortuary · embalming · wake · shroud · tomb · interment · pallbearer
zombie
Reanimated dead body
- undeadDeceased yet animate
- reanimationRestoration of life
- ghoulUndead flesh-eating demon
necromancy · resurrection · walking dead · haunting · macabre · grotesque · supernatural · revenant · possession · graveyard
casualties
Those killed or wounded
aftermath · body count · mass grave · war dead · battlefield · atrocity · genocide · massacre · trenches · repatriation
anatomy
Study of organism structure
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
- cadaver labFacility for studying bodies
- medical schoolPhysician training institution
donor · specimen · preservation · formaldehyde · teaching · body donation · plastination · medical training · tissue · organs
- Black Deathbubonic plague, Black Death, plague doctors, buboes, Yersinia pestis
- Zombieszombie, zombies, undead, walkers, walker
- carnagebloodshed, bloodbath, massacre, slaughter, butchery
- macabreskull, skulls, skeleton, coffin, grave
- organic remainsbone, bones, carcass, carcasses, carrion
- nonliving thingsrocks, stones, boulders, metal, pebbles
- esprit de corpsShared pride among members
- volunteer corpsOrganized group of unpaid workers
- Marine CorpsSea-land combat branch
- Peace CorpsFederal volunteer service abroad
- press corpsJournalists covering same subject
- army corpsLarge military subdivision