Health Care

Morgue

Location where dead bodies are kept until they are buried or cremated.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Location where dead bodies are kept until they are buried or cremated.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Morgues
  • Morgue, Hospital
  • Hospital Morgue
  • Hospital Morgues
  • Morgues, Hospital

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Aspects Covered

11 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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History Note

2017

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Tree Numbers

  1. N02.278w.216.500.968w.467w
  2. N02.278w.590w
  3. N04w.452.442.452.422w.467w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Morgue. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000072896. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000072896
  2. Morgue. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgue
  3. Morgue. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6451172