morgue

morgue (morg) a place where dead bodies may be kept for identification or until claimed for burial.

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morgue (môrg)

n.

A place in which dead bodies are temporarily kept until identified and claimed or until arrangements for burial have been made.

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morgue

[môrg]

Etymology: Fr, mortuary

a unit of a hospital with facilities for the storage and autopsy of the dead.

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morgue

Hospitals The place where decedents or cadavers are stored before being sent either to a funeral home for burial services or to the state medical examiner's office, if the cause of the death is uncertain or questionable