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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autopsies
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About 1 in 4 coroner’s offices answering this year’s survey said their budgets affect their ability to do autopsies.—
Audrey Dutton,
ProPublica,
26 Aug. 2025 -
What To Know Kaye and Deluca's autopsies revealed Kaye, 70, died within minutes of being shot, and Deluca, also 70, died within seconds.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Postmortem examinations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postmortem%20examinations. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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