1
: a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy
2
: a collection of reference works and files of reference material in a newspaper or news periodical office
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Judy Reyes stars as a nurse whose daughter dies at the age of five, only to be brought back to life by a morgue technician (an unforgettable Marin Ireland) who has been experimenting with a daring new process.
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Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
An Associated Press journalist saw four of the bodies in the morgue at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, among them a 4-month-old boy.
—Tia Goldenberg and Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
No one saw him again until his body showed up in the military morgue, five years later.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Remains of migrants who might die from exposure or by drowning in the Rio Grande are often buried in county cemeteries or in the case of Maverick County, sometimes stored in a mobile morgue.
—Valerie Castro, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024
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Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
An Associated Press journalist saw four of the bodies in the morgue at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, among them a 4-month-old boy.
—Tia Goldenberg and Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
No one saw him again until his body showed up in the military morgue, five years later.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Remains of migrants who might die from exposure or by drowning in the Rio Grande are often buried in county cemeteries or in the case of Maverick County, sometimes stored in a mobile morgue.
—Valerie Castro, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Morgue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/morgue. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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morgue
noun1
: a place where the bodies of the dead are kept temporarily until they are identified or released for burial
2
: a department of a newspaper where reference material is filed
Medical Definition
morgue
noun
: a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy
Legal Definition
morgue
noun
: a place where the bodies of persons found dead are kept until identified and claimed by relatives or released for burial or autopsy
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