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What (who) is mortuary - definition
PLACE FOR THE STORAGE OF HUMAN CORPSES AWAITING IDENTIFICATION OR BURIAL
Mortuary; Morgues; Waiting mortuary; Rose cottage; Mortuary practice
![A close-up view of a dead body in the morgue in [[Charité]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/13-11-12-rechtsmedizin-berlin-charite-by-RalfR-20.jpg?width=200 "A close-up view of a dead body in the morgue in [[Charité]].")
![Deceased in a 53-foot 'mobile morgue' outside a hospital in [[Hackensack, New Jersey]] on April 27, 2020](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/COVID19 deceased in Hackensack NJ April 27.jpg?width=200 "Deceased in a 53-foot 'mobile morgue' outside a hospital in [[Hackensack, New Jersey]] on April 27, 2020")
![Latin phrase ''"[[de mortuis nihil nisi bene]]"'' ("Of the dead, say nothing but good") written at the old morgue of Eura Church in [[Eura]], [[Finland]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/De mortuis nihil nisi bene.JPG?width=200 "Latin phrase ''\"[[de mortuis nihil nisi bene]]\"'' (\"Of the dead, say nothing but good\") written at the old morgue of Eura Church in [[Eura]], [[Finland]]")
![Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rembrandt - The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp.jpg?width=200 "Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp]]")
![Bath]], England](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Royal United Hospital, mortuary and pathology laboratory.jpg?width=200 "Bath]], England")
mortuary
n.
1.
Cemetery, graveyard, churchyard, burial-place, necropolis, burial-ground, city of the dead.
2.
Dead-house, morgue.
mortuary
n. at, in a mortuary
mortuary
(mortuaries)
A mortuary is a building or a room in a hospital where dead bodies are kept before they are buried or cremated, or before they are identified or examined.
= morgue
N-COUNT
Wikipedia
Morgue
A morgue or mortuary (in a hospital or elsewhere) is a place used for the storage of human corpses awaiting identification (ID), removal for autopsy, respectful burial, cremation or other methods of disposal. In modern times, corpses have customarily been refrigerated to delay decomposition.
Examples of use of mortuary
1. Baghdad‘s main mortuary says it receives 40 bodies a day.
2. Our first destination was the mortuary of Mina General Hospital.
3. Thomas died Monday, Terry Crowley at Messinger Mortuary said Wednesday.
4. The mortuary staff heard the screams and called the doctors.
5. His death was confirmed Tuesday by Elliott Mortuary.