corpse

dead human body
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corpse

Summary

corpse ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,754 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • corpse is a type of carcass[2].
  • corpse is a type of human remains[3].
  • corpse is a type of carrion[4].
  • corpse is a type of dead organic matter[5].
  • corpse is used for posthumous donation[6].
  • corpse is used for body donation[7].
  • corpse's Commons category is recorded as Human corpses[8].
  • corpse's has cause is recorded as human[9].
  • corpse's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Human corpses[10].
  • corpse's described by source is recorded as Dictionnaire Infernal[11].
  • corpse's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[12].
  • corpse's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13].
  • corpse's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • corpse's manifestation of is recorded as death[15].
  • corpse's manifestation of is recorded as dead human[16].
  • corpse's different from is recorded as The Dead Man[17].
  • corpse's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include carcass[2], human remains[3], carrion[4], and dead organic matter[5].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include posthumous donation[6] and body donation[7].

Influence

Things named for corpse include cadaverine[19], a type of chemical entity[20].

Why It Matters

corpse ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,754 views/month).[1] corpse has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] corpse is known by 131 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Entities named for corpse include cadaverine[19], a type of chemical entity[20].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Mullanur · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → ru.apocalypse:Труп, ru.zombie:Труп, memory-alpha:Cadaver +1
    Sitelink count → 98
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ang', 'ar', 'ay', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'bs', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cs', 'cv',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P6262]]: ru.votv-ru:Трупы"
  2. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 4674
    Biblissima authority id → Versonnex
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q295925, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  3. 10w ago · Artoria2e5 · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has use → posthumous donation, body donation
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P366]]: [[Q1662770]]"
  4. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Svkkl authority id → 0337577-mrtvoly
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0337577-mrtvoly, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
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