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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Toxicology reports, expected to be performed with autopsies, were not expected to known for several weeks.—
Reeti Malhotra
May 23,
Sacbee.com,
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Shareef said the identities of the two recovered divers are pending autopsies.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
19 May 2026
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“Postmortem examinations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postmortem%20examinations. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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