POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION Synonyms: 6 Similar and Opposite Words

postmortem examination

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as in autopsy

examination of a dead body especially to find out the cause of death a coroner performed the postmortem examination with painstaking thoroughness

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Recent Examples of postmortem examination This position is unlike families of other late football stars — including Frank Gifford, Mike Webster and Ken Stabler — who consented to postmortem examinations of their brains to confirm CTE. —

Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024 That contact, however, did not give Gates or his business permission to release the postmortem examination, its results, nor photographs or video taken from it to the public. —

Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2024 The postmortem examinations were a crucial step in the investigation of the incident. —

Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 17 Jan. 2024 During a 1903 speech to the medical society, Lamb said doctors could previously conduct postmortem examinations without consent. —

Claire Healy, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023 See all Example Sentences for postmortem examination

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