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 Santa Barbara Independent A week after the murders, the autopsies revealed the victims had been shot 14 times — three each into Henry and Jennie, and most disturbing, eight in Emily.—
Natalie Morales,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026 -
Weeks after their bodies were found and after autopsies were done, a timeline and the causes of death were revealed.—
Marina Watts,
PEOPLE,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Postmortem examinations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postmortem%20examinations. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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