morgues
Where cadavers wait
A morgue is a facility where dead bodies are kept, typically for identification, autopsy, or awaiting burial or cremation.
Hospitals and medical examiners maintain morgues for handling the deceased.
The word extends to newspaper and media offices to describe a reference archive of old clippings, photographs, and files—a repository of "dead" stories that might be resurrected for background research.
The detective met the family at the morgue to identify the victim.
Medical examination after death
- coronerPublic death investigator
- cadaverBody for dissection
- refrigerationHeat removal for preservation
- bodyPhysical structure, living thing
slab · examination · identification · cold storage · forensic · pathologist · death · deceased
Low temperature state
- sterileFree from microorganisms
- silentProducing no sound
- grimHarsh and foreboding
- clinicalEmotionally detached, medically precise
fluorescent · antiseptic · eerie · somber · stark · lifeless · institutional · quiet
Stored historical documents
- clippingsPieces cut off
- referenceDirecting attention elsewhere
- filesStored data collections
- newspaperPrinted periodical of current events
library · photographs · research · back issues · obituaries · records · database · editorial
autopsy
Medical examination after death
- coronerPublic death investigator
- cadaverBody for dissection
- refrigerationHeat removal for preservation
body · slab · examination · identification · cold storage · forensic · pathologist · death · deceased · drawer
cold
Low temperature state
clinical · fluorescent · antiseptic · eerie · somber · stark · lifeless · institutional · quiet · pale
archives
Stored historical documents
newspaper · library · photographs · research · back issues · obituaries · records · database · editorial · microfilm
- funeralsfuneral, burial, cremation, casket, coffin
- macabrecorpse, corpses, skull, skulls, skeleton
- hospital facilitiesemergency rooms, ICUs, operating rooms, patient rooms, surgical suites
- dark tourismdark tourism, Auschwitz, Chernobyl, concentration camps, death camps
- medical school spacesmedical schools, lecture halls, anatomy labs, medical libraries, pathology labs
morguesmaternity wards
Hospital areas for childbirth
birthing centers · nurseries · delivery rooms · hospitals · fertility clinics
morguesnightclubs
Evening entertainment venues
dance halls · playgrounds · amusement parks · concert venues · parties
morguescemeteries
Grounds for interring dead
mausoleums · crematoria · columbaria · memorial parks · funeral homes
- Rue MorgueCorpse-themed Paris lane