'Post-mortem examination' definitions:

Definition of 'post-mortem examination'

(from WordNet)

noun

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]

Definition of 'Post-mortem examination'

From: GCIDE

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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