Corpses

See also burial; 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, 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.