diener
9.9
A person who prepares bodies and instruments for autopsies
- noun
- /ˈdiːnər/
- Jargon
:
auxiliar de morgue
- Every morning, the diener ensures that the morgue is clean and organized for the day's work.
Examples
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Dr. Mochtar and a diener turned the body over, and Dr. Mochtar began to stitch up the corpse.
Fiction book (2002) -
The diener carefully prepared the instruments needed for the autopsy.
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As a diener, he was responsible for assisting the pathologist during examinations.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Diener comes from the German word Diener, from the verb dienen meaning 'to serve'. In medical use a diener is a helper who 'serves' the pathologist by preparing bodies and tools, which explains why the word now means a morgue or anatomy assistant.
