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Noun: postmortem examination
  1. An examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
    - autopsy, necropsy, postmortem, post-mortem, PM, post-mortem examination

Derived forms: post-mortem examinations, postmortem examinations

Type of: examination, scrutiny

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