noun
A facility where dead bodies are kept, especially for identification or before burial/cremation. More formal or institutional than 霊安室.
警察は遺体を死体安置所に運んだ。
The police took the body to the morgue.
霊安室 is a more common and slightly softer term for a morgue or mortuary, often used in hospitals. 死体安置所 is more formal and explicit, emphasizing the handling of dead bodies.
Compound of 死体 (corpse) + 安置 (enshrinement, laying in state) + 所 (place).