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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For more than four decades, the company had operated a store in the Financial District at One Liberty Plaza, which had famously doubled as a makeshift morgue after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
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Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 27 May 2025
At the time of the crimes, Lodge was employed as the manager of Harvard Medical School's morgue.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 24 May 2025
The former manager of the Harvard Medical School morgue pleaded guilty to stealing body parts from cadavers donated to the Boston institution and then selling them, federal prosecutors said.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 22 May 2025
Luna spoke with Variety about crafting the episode’s opening scene in the Jackson morgue, how Tommy is navigating his responsibility over Ellie and what Tommy was looking to get out of that interaction with Gail.
—Abigail Lee, Variety, 28 Apr. 2025
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Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 27 May 2025
At the time of the crimes, Lodge was employed as the manager of Harvard Medical School's morgue.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 24 May 2025
The former manager of the Harvard Medical School morgue pleaded guilty to stealing body parts from cadavers donated to the Boston institution and then selling them, federal prosecutors said.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 22 May 2025
Luna spoke with Variety about crafting the episode’s opening scene in the Jackson morgue, how Tommy is navigating his responsibility over Ellie and what Tommy was looking to get out of that interaction with Gail.
—Abigail Lee, Variety, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Morgue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/morgue. Accessed 10 Jun. 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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