post-mortem examination

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
post-mortem examination
    n 1: an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine
         cause of death or the changes produced by disease [syn:
         {autopsy}, {necropsy}, {postmortem}, {post-mortem}, {PM},
         {postmortem examination}, {post-mortem examination}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Post-mortem \Post-mor"tem\, a. [L., after death.]
   After death; as, post-mortem rigidity.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Post-mortem examination} (Med.), an examination of the body
      made after the death of the patient; an autopsy.
      [1913 Webster]
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