POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does postmortem examination mean? 

• POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION (noun)
  The noun POSTMORTEM 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: POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POSTMORTEM 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 ("postmortem examination" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

A postmortem examination of the body that includes an examination of the internal organs and structures after dissection to determine the cause of death and the nature of pathological changes.

(Autopsy, NCI Thesaurus)