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.