morticians
Body preservation professionals
Morticians are professionals who prepare dead bodies for burial or cremation and often manage funeral arrangements.
The term is primarily American; undertaker and funeral director cover similar ground, though mortician specifically emphasizes the technical work of embalming and preparing corpses.
The mortician did an excellent job making her grandmother look peaceful.
The word derives from the Latin for death, connecting it to mortuary, mortality, and mortal.
Funeral service professionals
- funeral directorsThose who arrange burials
- embalmersThose who preserve corpses
- coronersDeath cause determiners
- grief counselorsSpecialists in mourning support
Facility for death services
- preparation roomSpace for advance work
- chapelSmall worship room
- crematoriumCorpse incineration facility
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
morgue · cold storage · embalming room · reception area · memorial garden · columbarium · mausoleum · visitation room
Preserving dead bodies chemically
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- restorationReturning something to condition
- cosmetologyScience of beauty care
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
dressing · cremation · cavity treatment · suturing · disinfection · wound repair · positioning · hair styling
Customs for honoring deceased
- burial ceremoniesRites accompanying interment
- sky burialTibetan aerial interment practice
- mummificationPreserving bodies after death
- shroudingCovering to conceal
purification · mourning periods · death doulas · green burial · African traditions
undertakers
Funeral service professionals
- funeral directorsThose who arrange burials
- embalmersThose who preserve corpses
- coronersDeath cause determiners
funeral home
Facility for death services
- preparation roomSpace for advance work
- chapelSmall worship room
- crematoriumCorpse incineration facility
cemetery · morgue · cold storage · embalming room · reception area · memorial garden · columbarium · mausoleum · visitation room
embalming
Preserving dead bodies chemically
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- restorationReturning something to condition
- cosmetologyScience of beauty care
reconstruction · dressing · cremation · cavity treatment · suturing · disinfection · wound repair · positioning · hair styling · nail care
funeral rites
Customs for honoring deceased
- burial ceremoniesRites accompanying interment
- sky burialTibetan aerial interment practice
- mummificationPreserving bodies after death
shrouding · purification · mourning periods · death doulas · green burial · African traditions
embalming fluid
Chemical for preserving corpses
- trocarPointed drainage puncture tool
- aspiratorDevice creating vacuum suction
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
forceps · body lift · airbrush · cotton · gauze · disinfectant · gloves · gown
morticiansmidwives
Childbirth support specialists
obstetricians · neonatologists · doulas · lifeguards · paramedics