This article is about a repository for the temporary storage of human remains. For Mortuary, a film directed by Tobe Hooper, see Mortuary (film).

A morgue or mortuary or morg (American English) is a building or room (as in a hospital) used for the storage of human remains. Shortcut: WP:CU Marking articles for cleanup This page is undergoing a transition to an easier-to-maintain format. ... This Manual of Style has the simple purpose of making things easy to read by following a consistent format — it is a style guide. ... Mortuary is a 2006 horror/thriller directed by Tobe Hooper. ... English language spread in the United States. ... A physician visiting the sick in a hospital. ...

Morgue is predominantly used in American English, whilst mortuary is more common in British English. (Mortuary is also often synonymous with funeral home in American English.) The euphemism "Rose Cottage" is widely used in British hospitals to enable discussion in front of patients, relatives and visitors without disturbing them, although in this day and age, the term is not encouraged. The term morgue is derived from French morguer, which means 'to look at solemnly, to defy'. The term was first used to describe the inner wicket of a prison, where prisoners were kept for some time, during which the jailers and turnkeys would spend time looking at the prisoners so that they would be able to recognize them. Relating to dead people, the name was first given to a building in Paris, which, in the middle of the fifth century, was part of the Châtelet and was used for the keeping and identification of unknown corpses. English language spread in the United States. ... Diagram showing the geographical locations of selected languages and dialects of the British Isles. ... A funeral home or mortuary is a place where a wake is arranged. ... A euphemism is an expression intended by the speaker to be less offensive, disturbing, or troubling to the listener than the word or phrase it replaces, or in the case of doublespeak to make it less troublesome for the speaker. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Region ÃŽle-de-France Department Paris (75) Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Mayor Bertrand Delanoë  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land area¹ 86. ... Châtelet can refer to: The city of Châtelet, Belgium. ...

The person responsible for handling and washing the bodies is the Diener. The word Diener is derived from German: Leichendiener, which means ‘servant for the dead. ...

Probably because it is in a sense where the "dead bodies" are kept, the term morgue is also used in the United States to refer to the room in which newspaper or magazine publishers keep their back issues and other historical references. This article is about the magazine as a published medium. ... A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ...

Morgues have been constructed in all large cities in the United States, including Boston (1851), New York City, (1866), Chicago, (1872), etc. Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ... 1851 (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... This article is about Illinois largest city. ... 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...

Cold chamber temperature

There are two types of morgue cold chambers:

• Positive temperature 36/39°F (+2/+4°C): This is the most common type, used for keeping the bodies a few days or weeks. Decomposition of the corpse continues at a reduced rate.

• Negative temperature -5/-13°F (-15°C/-25°C): This is used by forensic institutes for the storage of bodies that have not yet been identified. The body is completely frozen, halting decomposition.

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Usage

The mortuary cold chamber is used to keep the deceased as long as is necessary for identification purposes, post-mortem examination, or while awaiting burial. The term post mortem means after death. It is also short for postmortem examination, or autopsy. ... For the Prison Break episode, please see Buried (Prison Break episode) Underwater funeral in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea from an edition with drawings by Alphonse de Neuville and Edouard Riou. ...

In many countries, the family of the deceased must make the burial within 72 hours of death, but in some countries (in parts of Africa, for example) it is usual that the burial take place some weeks or some months after the death. This is why some corpses are kept as long as one or two years at a hospital or in a funeral home. When the family has enough money to organize the ceremony, they take the corpse from the cold chamber for burial. A world map showing the continent of Africa. ... A funeral home or mortuary is a place where a wake is arranged. ...

In some funeral homes, the morgue is in the same room, or directly adjacent to, the specially designed ovens, known as retorts, that are used in funerary cremation. Some religions dictate that, should a body be cremated, the family must witness its incineration. To honor these religious rights, many funeral homes install a viewing window, which allows the family to watch as the body is inserted into the retort. In this way, the family can honor their customs without entering the morgue. The crematorium at Haycombe Cemetery, Bath, England. ...

In many countries, the body of the deceased is embalmed, which makes refrigeration unnecessary. Embalming, in most modern cultures, is a process used to temporarily preserve a human cadaver to forestall decomposition and make it suitable for display at a funeral. ...

22:38, 31 December 2006 (UTC)70.48.228.145s===Waiting Mortuary=== A Waiting Mortuary is a mortuary building designed specifically for the purpose of confirming that deceased persons are truly deceased. Prior to the advent of modern methods of verifying death, people feared that they would be buried alive. To alleviate such fears, the recently deceased were housed for a time in waiting mortuaries, where attendants would watch for signs of life. The corpses would be allowed to decompose partially prior to burial. Waiting mortuaries were most popular in 19th century Germany, and were often large ornate halls. A bell was strung to the corpses to alert attendants of any motion. Although there is no case of a person being saved from accidental burial in this way, it is sometimes erronously believed that this was the origin of the phrase "Saved by the bell" whilst in fact, the phrase originates in the sport of boxing. A preverbal mind state that when reached a person is completely immobile and losses many simple motor skills such as walking and speaking. For example, your friend has just smoked 5 grams of weed in one sitting…he would proceed to hit the “morgue”. This reference refers to immobility of a cadaver at a morgue; thus a person that would be described as “morguing” (verb for morgue) is no doubt sitting on a couch procrastinating on whether or not they have the energy to roll over. Super ultra extreme lazy-ness is a synonym of “morgue”. A mortuary is a cold chamber used to keep the deceased from seriously decomposing; this practice exists for the sake of recognition of the deceased and to allow time to prepare for burial. ... Professional boxing bout featuring Ricardo Domínguez (left) versus Rafael Ortíz Boxing, also called pugilism, prizefighting (when referring to professional boxing) or the sweet science (a common nickname among fans), is a sport and martial art in which two participants of similar weight fight each other with their fists...

Man I was so "morgued" last night I dont know what came over me; it was probably the half ounce of sticky I puffed last night. That stuff always makes me hit "THE MORGUE".

See also

• Diener
• Pathology

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