corpsehood

... is called in to confirm that the murder victim has indeed achieved corpsehood.

2010, Guy M. Townsend, The Mystery Fancier (Vol. 1 No. 6) November 1977, Wildside Press LLC, →ISBN, page 23

When she asks for guidance on what to do when she herself inevitably achieves corpsehood, the cadavers just sit there, mute and rotting.

2012, Brian Norman, Dead Women Talking: Figures of Injustice in American Literature, JHU Press, →ISBN

Nevertheless, bones are mostly what endures after the early phases of corpsehood.

2004, Robert Kastenbaum, On Our Way: The Final Passage Through Life and Death, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 139

The comment about my impending corpsehood had been all the encouragement I'd needded.

2011, Al Roker, Dick Lochte, The Talk Show Murders: A Billy Blessing Novel, Delacorte Press, →ISBN, page 265

I doubt the goddess will forgive you. You're far too close to corpsehood to clean up your act now.

2023 October 13, Macy Anne Johnson (dub), Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, spoken by Frieren (Mallorie Rodak)