Corpses

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99. Corpses

See also 63. BURIAL ; 112. DEATH

autopsy
an inspection and dissection of a body after death, usually to determine the cause of death. Also called necropsy, post-mortem examination .
necromania
an obsession with death or the dead. —necromaniac , n.
necrophagy
the practice of feeding on carrion. —necrophage , n. —necrophagous , adj.
necrophilia, necrophily, necrophilism
an abnormal attraction, especially erotic, to corpses. —necrophile, necrophiliac , n.
necrophobia
1. an abnormal fear of death. Also called thanatophobia .
2. an abnormal fear of corpses. —necrophobe , n. —necrophobic , adj.
necropsy
autopsy.
necrotomy
1. the dissection of corpses.
2. the surgical excision of a piece of dead bone. —necrotomist , n. —necrotomic , adj.
resurrectionism
the exhuming and stealing of bodies from graves, especially for dissection; body snatching. —resurrection man , n.
thanatophobia
necrophobia, def. 1.

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