Postmortem examination and Vivisection
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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
Vivisection is an antonym for postmortem examination.
Vivisection
Vivisection noun - The act of operating on living animals (especially in scientific research).
Postmortem examination is an antonym for vivisection.
Nearby Words: vivisect, vivisected, vivisecting
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