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postmortem examination

noun

  1. dissection and examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death Also calledautopsynecropsy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

The postmortem examination did not entirely clear up the doubts of diagnosis.

There was extensive hemorrhage into the brain, as shown by postmortem examination, the cerebral vessels being atheromatous.

The doctor and the wife held a postmortem examination of the hat, and found the slice of Limberger.

Postmortem examination always shows that the Treponema has wrought wide-spread damage in the brain.

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