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postmortem examination

British

noun

Also called: autopsy. necropsy. dissection and examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death

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A postmortem examination identified that Frost suffered from significant cardiac disease and significant vascular disease.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Smith was pronounced dead and taken to the Marin County coroner’s office for a postmortem examination, officials said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2024

Frankfurt police said in a statement that a postmortem examination will be carried out on the teen in the coming days.

From Washington Times • May 31, 2023

A postmortem examination has been carried out at a hospital and the bodies have been handed over to the family for last rites, senior police officer Prashant Kumar said.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2022

These have occurred in persons making postmortem examination on tuberculous animals, and the tubercular nature of the wound proven by excision and inoculation.

From Outlines of dairy bacteriology A concise manual for the use of students in dairying by Hastings, Edwin George

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