POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does post-mortem examination mean? 

• POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION (noun)
  The noun POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION has 1 sense:

1. an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease

  Familiarity information: POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

autopsy; necropsy; PM; post-mortem; post-mortem examination; postmortem; postmortem examination

Hypernyms ("post-mortem examination" is a kind of...):

examination; scrutiny (the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes))