Postmortem
Postmortem noun - Examination of a dead body especially to find out the cause of death.
Usage example: the postmortem revealed that the cause of death had been an undetected heart defect
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Synonyms for Postmortem
Postmortem examination is a synonym for postmortem in autopsy topic. In some cases you can use "Postmortem examination" instead a noun "Postmortem". popular alternative
Postmortem examination
Postmortem examination noun - Examination of a dead body especially to find out the cause of death.
Usage example: a coroner performed the postmortem examination with painstaking thoroughness
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Synonyms for Postmortem examination
Postmortem is a synonym for postmortem examination in autopsy topic. You can use "Postmortem" instead a noun phrase "Postmortem examination".
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Related pairs
- post and postmortem
- post and postmortem examination
- examination and postmortem
- examination and postmortem examination
- inquest and postmortem
- inquest and postmortem examination
- dissection and postmortem
- dissection and postmortem examination
- review and postmortem
- review and postmortem examination
- scrutiny and postmortem
- scrutiny and postmortem examination
- post-mortem and postmortem
- post-mortem and postmortem examination
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