Postmortem and Postmortem examination

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

Postmortem is a synonym for postmortem examination in autopsy topic. You can use "Postmortem" instead a noun phrase "Postmortem examination".
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