morgue
Where autopsies happen
A morgue is a place where dead bodies are kept, typically for identification or before autopsy, burial, or cremation.
Hospitals, police departments, and medical examiners maintain morgues.
The term extends to newspaper archives of clippings and reference materials—a "morgue" of old stories.
The body was taken to the county morgue.
Body for dissection
- remainsContinues in place
- slabThick flat piece
- drawerSliding furniture compartment
- refrigerationHeat removal for preservation
preservation · toe-tag · gurney · sheet · decedent · corpse · viewing · identification
Medical examination after death
- coronerPublic death investigator
- pathologistDisease diagnosis specialist
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- toxicologyScience of poisons
examination · investigation · inquest · identification · DNA · fingerprint · homicide · detective
Preserving dead bodies chemically
- undertakerFuneral service professional
- preparationArranging things in advance
- casketBurial container
- cremationBurning the deceased
burial · wake · visitation · bereavement · grief · deceased · interment · memorial
Low temperature state
- sterileFree from microorganisms
- clinicalEmotionally detached, medically precise
- fluorescentEmitting light when energized
- antisepticMicrobe-killing substance
quiet · somber · tiles · stainless-steel · grim · eerie · stark · institutional
cadaver
Body for dissection
refrigeration · preservation · toe-tag · gurney · sheet · decedent · corpse · viewing · identification · transfer
autopsy
Medical examination after death
- coronerPublic death investigator
- pathologistDisease diagnosis specialist
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
toxicology · examination · investigation · inquest · identification · DNA · fingerprint · homicide · detective · ballistics
embalming
Preserving dead bodies chemically
- undertakerFuneral service professional
- preparationArranging things in advance
- casketBurial container
cremation · burial · wake · visitation · bereavement · grief · deceased · interment · memorial · obituary
cold
Low temperature state
- sterileFree from microorganisms
- clinicalEmotionally detached, medically precise
- fluorescentEmitting light when energized
antiseptic · quiet · somber · tiles · stainless-steel · grim · eerie · stark · institutional · basement
- mortalitydeath, death knell, deceased, death rate, death acceptance
- forensic pathologyautopsy, coroner, medical examiner, cause of death, pathologist
- forensicsDNA, DNA analysis, fingerprints, forensics, criminalistics
- death placescemetery, crematorium, crematory, funeral home, funeral parlor
- macabrecorpse, corpses, skull, skulls, skeleton
- death investigationautopsy report, cause of death, death certificate, coroner's office, forensic pathologist
morguematernity ward
Hospital section for childbirth
delivery room · nursery · neonatal unit · birthing center · labor and delivery
- Rue MorgueCorpse-themed Paris lane