mortuarium — meaning in English
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English meaning
- morgue noun A building or room, especially at a hospital or under police authority, where dead bodies are kept until identification or burial.
Senses
mortuarium is used for these senses in English:
- morgue A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation, (now) particularly in legal and law enforcement contexts.
morgue — full definition
- noun A building or room, especially at a hospital or under police authority, where dead bodies are kept until identification or burial.
- noun A newspaper's archive of old clippings, photos, and background files kept for reference.