embalmer
Mortuary preservation specialist
An embalmer is a person who preserves corpses for burial or display, typically by draining blood and replacing it with preservative fluids.
Embalmers work in funeral homes, preparing bodies for viewing and slowing decomposition.
The work requires technical skill and comfort with the dead: The embalmer made her grandmother look peaceful.
Funeral home professional
- undertakerFuneral service professional
- casketBurial container
- hearseVehicle transporting caskets
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
mausoleum · crematorium · viewing · visitation · wake · repose · chapel · graveyard
Preserving bodies after death
- natronHydrated sodium carbonate mineral
- canopicOf burial jars
- sarcophagusCarved stone burial container
- AnubisEgyptian mortuary deity
linen · desiccation · amulets · scarabs · deathmask · resin · bitumen · wrappings
Of major vessels
- formaldehydeColorless pungent preservative gas
- trocarPointed drainage puncture tool
- injectionSyringe-delivered dose
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
cavity · vascular · preservative · disinfection · restoration · cosmetics · suturing · positioning
Official permission to practice
- apprenticeLearner bound to employer
- pathologistDisease diagnosis specialist
- anatomistStudies body structure
- medical examinerPhysician determining death causes
ethics · certification · training · funeral service · sanitation · biohazard · OSHA · protective equipment
mortician
Funeral home professional
- undertakerFuneral service professional
- casketBurial container
- hearseVehicle transporting caskets
cemetery · mausoleum · crematorium · viewing · visitation · wake · repose · chapel · graveyard · interment
mummification
Preserving bodies after death
- natronHydrated sodium carbonate mineral
- canopicOf burial jars
- sarcophagusCarved stone burial container
Anubis · linen · desiccation · amulets · scarabs · deathmask · resin · bitumen · wrappings · evisceration
arterial
Of major vessels
- formaldehydeColorless pungent preservative gas
- trocarPointed drainage puncture tool
- injectionSyringe-delivered dose
aspiration · cavity · vascular · preservative · disinfection · restoration · cosmetics · suturing · positioning · features
licensure
Official permission to practice
- apprenticeLearner bound to employer
- pathologistDisease diagnosis specialist
- anatomistStudies body structure
medical examiner · ethics · certification · training · funeral service · sanitation · biohazard · OSHA · protective equipment · gurney
anointing
Ceremonial oil application
- purificationRemoval of contaminants
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- ritesFormal ceremonial acts
sacred · incense · priests · offerings · washing · dressing · vigil · prayers · last rites · veneration
- funeralsfuneral, burial, cremation, casket, coffin
- Ancient Egyptianspharaoh, scribe, priest, priestess, vizier
- licensed professionalsdoctor, dentist, lawyer, attorney, pharmacist
- death carefuneral, burial, cremation, casket, coffin
- funeralfuneral, burial, funeral home, casket, coffin
- funeral homecasket, caskets, coffin, coffins, hearse
embalmercremator
Burns the deceased
incinerator · decomposer · cremationist · gravedigger · composter
embalmermidwife
Childbirth assistance professional
obstetrician · neonatologist · resuscitator · birth attendant · doula
- embalming fluidChemical for preserving corpses
- embalming roomWhere bodies are preserved
- embalmed bodyChemically preserved human remains