as in autopsies
examination of a dead body especially to find out the cause of death
a coroner performed the postmortem examination with painstaking thoroughness
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On Friday, the Chiang Mai regional livestock office announced in a statement that autopsies of the animals found genetic material of canine distemper virus, or CDV, and traces of bacterial infection but no avian influenza type A virus, also known as bird flu.—
Wasamon Audjarint,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026 -
The autopsies did not attribute the deaths to neglect, the spokesperson said.—
Eleanor Watson,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Postmortem examinations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postmortem%20examinations. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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