postmortem examination


postmortem examination

noun

Definition of POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION

: autopsy 1

Examples of POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION

  1. <a coroner performed the postmortem examination with painstaking thoroughness>

First Known Use of POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION

1832

Related to POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION

Related Words: dissection
Near Antonyms: biopsy, vivisection
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