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mortician
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mor·ti·cian  (môr-tshn)
[Latin mors, mort-, death; see mortal + -ician.]

mortician [mɔːˈtɪʃən]
n
(Business / Professions) Chiefly US another word for undertaker
[from mortuary + -ician, as in physician]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.mortician - one whose business is the management of funeralsmortician - one whose business is the management of funerals
embalmer - a mortician who treats corpses with preservatives
skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker - a worker who has acquired special skills
Translations
mortician [mɔːˈtɪʃən] N (US) → director/a m/f de pompas fúnebres

mortician [mɔːrˈtɪʃən] n (US)entrepreneur m de pompes funèbres

mortician
n (US) → Bestattungsunternehmer(in) m(f)

mortician [mɔːˈtɪʃən] n (Am) → impresario di pompe funebri

mortician
n mortician [moːrˈtiʃən]
(American) an undertaker. lykbesorger مُجَهِّز الجنازات погребален агент majitel/zaměstanec pohřebního ústavu, funebrák bedemand der Leichenbestatter εργολάβος κηδειών director de pompas fúnebres matusekorraldaja متصدى کفن ودفن hautausurakoitsija entrepreneur/-eure de pompes funèbres קָברַן अन्त्येष्टि निर्वाहक mučitelj temetkezési vállalkozó pengurus mayat útfararstjóri (impresario di pombe funebri) 葬儀屋 장의사 laidotuvių biuro savininkas apbedīšanas biroja īpašnieks pengurus mayat begrafenisondernemer innehaver av begravelsesbyrå przedsiębiorca pogrzebowy cangalheiro an­tre­prenor de pompe funebre владелец похоронного бюро zamestnanec pohrebnej služby lastnik pogrebnega zavoda pogrebnik begravningsentreprenör สัปเหร่อ cenazeci 殯儀業者 власник похоронного бюро تجہیز و تکفین کا پیشہ ور منتظم người làm dịch vụ lễ tang


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The show, which is open to all ages, aims to give ordinary members of the public the kind of access to the stripped down human body that is usually only available to morticians and medical professionals.
It's not an easy or particularly lucrative way to make a living: daily tasks of morticians and their assistants include removing bodily fluids, filling in crow's feet on cadavers and fluffing hair on balding corpses.
Dedicated to Gillian Wearing's 10-16 (1997), which shows adults lip-synching to the voices of children expressing their hopes and dreams, Looking Pretty For God (through January 3) pairs mortuary practices with commercial photography and filmmaking, where the children mouth the words of the morticians.
 
 
 
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