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postmortem examination

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of postmortem examination

examination of a dead body especially to find out the cause of death

a coroner performed the postmortem examination with painstaking thoroughness

Synonyms of postmortem examination

autopsy, necropsy, postmortem

Words Related to postmortem examination

Near Antonyms of postmortem examination

biopsy, vivisection

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