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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The city medical examiner will conduct autopsies on Rodriguez and her boyfriend to determine their cause of death.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
3 Apr. 2026 -
The autopsies found that each person died of a single gunshot wound to their head, with the exception of Ava King who was shot multiple times in the head, according to the medical examiner.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Postmortem examinations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postmortem%20examinations. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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